guilloche enamel pencil holder
this is a silver pencil holder with green guilloche enamel white pointed body.The holder has suspension ring and a silver insert containing a flat pencil.
It is unmarked, but probably it was made in Italy at the beginning of 20th century (there are precious examples of analogous shape enamel pencil holder of this period, particularly in Russia).
This pencil holder is 3 in. long (cm. 7,5) and was bought from an Italian dealer at an Antique Market.
This item is not for sale, but most of my pieces were bought through the Internet. On the right bar of this page there are some links to silver and antique dealers websites
for a comparison with a piece at the top level of quality you may see this Russian silver, two color gold and guilloche enamel pencil holder by Andre Adler, St Petersburg, 1908-1917, available at RomanovRussia.com web site
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This is a page of 'The What is? Silver Dictionary' of A Small Collection of Antique Silver and Objects of vertu, a 1500 pages richly illustrated website offering all you need to know about antique silver, sterling silver, silverplate, Sheffield plate, electroplate silver, silverware, flatware, tea services and tea complements, marks and hallmarks, articles, books, auction catalogs, famous silversmiths (Tiffany, Gorham, Jensen, Elkington), history, oddities ...