A Victorian gold and silver toothpick case or pencil lead case with a desk seal
A Victorian gold and silver toothpick case or pencil lead case with a desk seal,
unmarked, circa 1878,
modelled as an obelisk with hieroglyphs, the pull-off base with a and engraved matrix, with a ring attachment, length 5.6cm.
The London obelisk, known as Cleopatra's Needle, is in the City of Westminster, on the Victoria Embankment near the Golden Jubilee Bridges. It was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC. In 1819, Muhammad Ali Pasha gave Britain the obelisk as a gift. However, Britain's Prime Minister at the time, Robert Jenkinson, hesitated on having it brought to the country due to shipping expenses. It remained in Alexandria until October 1877 when its transport to London was funded by William James Erasmus Wilson.
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A Victorian gold and silver toothpick case or pencil lead case with a desk seal,
unmarked, circa 1878,
modelled as an obelisk with hieroglyphs, the pull-off base with a and engraved matrix, with a ring attachment, length 5.6cm.
The London obelisk, known as Cleopatra's Needle, is in the City of Westminster, on the Victoria Embankment near the Golden Jubilee Bridges. It was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC. In 1819, Muhammad Ali Pasha gave Britain the obelisk as a gift. However, Britain's Prime Minister at the time, Robert Jenkinson, hesitated on having it brought to the country due to shipping expenses. It remained in Alexandria until October 1877 when its transport to London was funded by William James Erasmus Wilson.
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