Clever Design (and fun to use!), c. 1940s Umbrella Cased Bridge Pencil brass locks Greenland Inuit I think

Greenland Inuit I think

And the original box is in very good shape

to the way it unfolds like a sculpture from 360 degrees

but there are a lot out there and so they have to be pretty special for me to pick them up

if this were a different sort of sampler they might feel detracting

Clever Design (and fun to use!), c. 1940s Umbrella Cased Bridge Pencil brass locks Greenland Inuit I thinkSo fun. This I believe was made as a tally pencil for bridge and just as bridge partners are known to send secret signals back and forth, so it seems just right that a secret pencil should be used to keep score! The pencil pulls out from the end, pencil point to the inside, and then a longer brass sleeve that it fits into, like a handle, making it much easier to write with! With gold tassels still hanging from its neck, and a smart pink celluloid