RARE KUPPENHEIM STERLING SILVER BAKELITE ART DECO PROPELLING MECHANICAL PENCIL
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:19994187 | Featured Refinements: Propelling Pencil |
| Sub-Type: Mechanical Pencils | Material: Sterling Silver |
| Vintage: Collectable/ Vintage | Type: Pencils |
| Item: Pencils |
We will be disposing of some very unusual and scarce mechanical pencils over the next few weeks, so keep us pegged for more unique mechanisms and little seen patent examples.
This is for a rare oversize sterling silver and red bakelite stockbrokers marking pencil made by the prestigious German silversmith Louis Kuppenheim. This is an unusual find, Kuppenheim was more known for his fine enamel accessories, this is the first time I have encountered a pencil by him. the pencil is very ...stylised ad very well made as you would expect, there is a definite resemblance to a golf tee, whether that is deliberate, I dont know, it may be that it is made that way so as to just stand upright on the desk and be ready for use. It is marked just above the base with the German silver mark and Kuppenheim little makers mark and it dates i would guess to the late 20s early 30s. I have described it as a stockbrokers pencil, but I have heard these oversized coloured lead pencils attributed to many professions, architects pencil, solicitors pencil, barristers pencil...etc, it basically a pencil for editing or marking through in an unmistakable fashion. The pencil is fully working, it takes oversize red lead, it simply twists to extend the lead from the nozzle. It is in absolute excellent condition, there are no dings or dents to the silver, no splits cracks repairs or restorations and it has a smooth action propelling the lead out... its just as you would want to find it. It measures 150mm long and the base of it measures 30mm. Please check out all the other pencils, lighters, vesta's, snuff boxes, pipes, pens, pencils, clocks, cases and other vintage gentlemans accessories we are selling on ebay this week. We will always combine items together to reduce postage costs. Be sure to add me to your favourites listFor overseas items that have a value exceeding £50 'International Signed for' service is mandatory, as it is on all shipping to Russia, Italy, Brazil, Japan and China. If paying by foreign cheque, money order or bankers draft please contact me for the encashment fee. For domestic deliveries, special delivery is mandatory for items over £50. If a recorded delivery goes missing you are only covered up to £50.
This is for a rare oversize sterling silver and red bakelite stockbrokers marking pencil made by the prestigious German silversmith Louis Kuppenheim. This is an unusual find, Kuppenheim was more known for his fine enamel accessories, this is the first time I have encountered a pencil by him. the pencil is very ...stylised ad very well made as you would expect, there is a definite resemblance to a golf tee, whether that is deliberate, I dont know, it may be that it is made that way so as to just stand upright on the desk and be ready for use. It is marked just above the base with the German silver mark and Kuppenheim little makers mark and it dates i would guess to the late 20s early 30s. I have described it as a stockbrokers pencil, but I have heard these oversized coloured lead pencils attributed to many professions, architects pencil, solicitors pencil, barristers pencil...etc, it basically a pencil for editing or marking through in an unmistakable fashion. The pencil is fully working, it takes oversize red lead, it simply twists to extend the lead from the nozzle. It is in absolute excellent condition, there are no dings or dents to the silver, no splits cracks repairs or restorations and it has a smooth action propelling the lead out... its just as you would want to find it. It measures 150mm long and the base of it measures 30mm. Please check out all the other pencils, lighters, vesta's, snuff boxes, pipes, pens, pencils, clocks, cases and other vintage gentlemans accessories we are selling on ebay this week. We will always combine items together to reduce postage costs. Be sure to add me to your favourites listFor overseas items that have a value exceeding £50 'International Signed for' service is mandatory, as it is on all shipping to Russia, Italy, Brazil, Japan and China. If paying by foreign cheque, money order or bankers draft please contact me for the encashment fee. For domestic deliveries, special delivery is mandatory for items over £50. If a recorded delivery goes missing you are only covered up to £50.
