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A retractable pencil holder, of octagonal form and heavily engraved, tested to 18ct quality with sliding action and cabochon sapphire thumbpiece, with suspension ring and jump ring marked '750', the pencil marked 'L&C Hardtmuth Czecho-Slovakia', length 7.5cm, monogrammed 1 x 1cm (0 x 0in)
Other Notes: L&C Hardtmuth are reputed to be the world's oldest manufacturer of pencils, with Joesef Hardtmuth founding the family firm in Vienna in 1790. The company later relocated to the Bohemia Works factory at Ceske Budejovice in what is now the Czech Republic.

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