Antique Propelling Pencil ‘Forget Me Not’ With ‘Stanhope’ Circa 1910 and designed as a large

and designed as a large ‘Fleur de Lys’ motif

The layer of gold in gold filled or rolled gold plate items is much thicker than electroplated gold

Earthy and subtle in colour this large oval faceted Citrine is simply charming

a metallic pearly grey in colour

Under close scrutiny and loupe magnification we believe two of the tiniest Pearls may be replacements

Antique Propelling Pencil ‘Forget Me Not’ With ‘Stanhope’ Circa 1910 and designed as a largeDating to the early 20th century this quite remarkable propelling pencil (we have another available) is not only completely functional as a large propelling pencil but it also features a Stanhope depicting scenes from Llanwrtyd Wells Britains smallest town which is on the edge of the Cambrian Mountains in Mid Wales. Stanhopes or Stanho scopes are optical devices that enable the viewing of microphotographs without using a microscope. They were invented