Antique Silver Plate Mechanical Pencil
Antique Silver Plate Mechanical Pencil
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Someone carried this on a chain. The ring at the top is not decoration, it is a suspension bail, meant to hang from a watch chain or a chatelaine so the pencil rode on the person and was ready whenever a note needed writing. The lead still advances and retracts. The RL monogram in its engraved oval was added by whoever owned it.
The barrel carries several dents along its length, the most visible on the flat face below the monogram and a second group toward the tip. These are visible in the photographs and read as wear from being carried loose rather than as damage from a single event. The surface has an even, uncleaned tarnish with darkening in the recesses of the engine turning. The engraved RL monogram in its oval cartouche sits proud and unworn.
The propelling mechanism advances and retracts the point. I have not run it repeatedly and cannot speak to how it behaves with sustained use. The pencil is not supplied with lead. Leads for pencils of this period are thicker than modern refills, so a standard modern lead will not fit.
On material, I want to be direct. The barrel is unmarked. The only struck mark on the piece is on the suspension ring, and it is illegible even under magnification, so it establishes nothing. This is silver or silverplate and I cannot tell you which. A buyer wanting certainty should assume the composition is untested.
The suspension ring shows a small amount of distortion where it passes through the terminal, consistent with hanging wear. I cannot confirm the ring is original to the pencil.
Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.
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