The picture below shows a larger view of all (6) Small Old Metal Pencil Sharpeners in this lot. A few of these have patent dates from 1893 to 1913. The others are believed to be as old or near those years. All of these are made of metal and one has an erasure as well. In the order pictured, there are marked as follows: (#1) SO (#2) 557 EAGLE PENCIL CO. NEW YORK (#3) 557 EAGLE PENCIL CO. NEW YORK EAGLE PAT. AUG. 1, 93. PAT. GT. BRITAIN (#4) 560 EAGLE PENCIL CO. NEW YORK PAT. NOV. 4, 1913.(#5) no marking with eraser (#6) 556 EAGLE PENCIL CO. NEW YORK, U.S.A. All of these for one price! To judge the sizes the top sharpener pictured measures about 1-15/16 long''. These appear to be in good to excellent condition as pictured. |