Clever Design (and fun to use!), c. 1940s Umbrella Cased Bridge Pencil brass locks black and creamy white paint

black and creamy white paint on wood

and of the sort to invent a whole story around

to the way it unfolds like a sculpture from 360 degrees

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 black and creamy white paintSo 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