WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). A gilt-clad mechanical pencil, believed to have been owned and used by Washington.

WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). A gilt-clad mechanical pencil, believed to have been owned and used by Washington.

We have been asked to produce this in Sterling Silver!
A gold pen with Washington and Tallmadge family provenance. Bertrand F. Bell III, who inherited the pencil in 1971, wrote that at the time he took possession of the pen, it was "attached to a thin copper wire which was attached to the ring on the pencil.
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