Desk-top pencil with the nobility coat of arms on the matrix
Desk-top pencil with the nobility coat of arms on the matrix
Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg
Late 19th - early 20th centuries
Two-color gold, enamel, sapphire; casting, chasing, carving
Height 7.8 cm
Marks: "56" and illegible marks
Desktop pencil of two-color gold, made in the form of a cylindrical twisted column merging through the small stem (neck) to octahedral matrix with the image of a swan with spread wings above a noble crown carved on it. A pencil is inserted inside the seal in the cylindrical case with spherical pommel realized in the hammering technique and sapphire cabochon insert. Onlay crown and the monogram "W" are on the seal hilt. With an eyelet and a ring for suspesion.
Инв.492.1-2/ДПИ