Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

57 142 142 A Victorian 18ct gold sliding propelling pencil, Sampson Mordan & Co, London, late 19th century with ribbed barrel and engraved foliate thumbpiece, the seal terminal inset with a bloodstone matrix, 11,6cm long ; another, with engine-turned barrel, the seal terminal inset with a quartz matrix, stamped ‘S. MORDAN & CO’, 11,1cm long ; and another, similarly decorated, stamped ‘S. MORDAN & CO’, 10,5cm long (3) R –  141 143 143 A Victorian 16ct gold and enamel sliding propelling pencil the barrel enamelled with a putto holding a butterfly against a black ground, the ribbed shaft with suspension carrying loop, enamel chipped, 10,5cm long ; an American 9ct gold sliding propelling pencil, Aikin Lambert & Co, circa 1890, engine-turned decoration, 11,8cm long ; a Victorian 9ct gold sliding propelling pencil, Constantine & Floyd, Birmingham, 1897, with engine-turned decoration, the seal terminal inset with a yellow stone matrix, 10,4cm long ; and a Victorian 9ct gold penknife and propelling pencil, probably James Allen, Birmingham, 1894, with engraved shaft and suspension carrying loop, 7cm long (4) R – 