CS383: Conway Stewart No 40 Pencil.

Date: c1950s

Size: Length - 5 1/8 inches.

A beautiful red marbled with gold veins No. 40 pencil.  This pencil is in very good condition - there is some general plating wear to the gold plated appointments, but other than that, the pencil is in fine fettle still, and as usual, it looks a lot worse in the photographs!  The cap has a conical ended top jewel that holds on the gold plated pocket clip.  This has the usual diamond at the shoulder with the "CS" logo, and a diamond shaped terminal at the end.  Thre is also a wide gold plated band at the cap lip.  The cap also holds the imprint, which is large, deep and crisp with no noticeable wear.  The cone is also gold plated.  This is a propel-repel pencil.  It works by rotating the cap.  The cap pulls off to reveal the original and hardly used pink eraser.  This is unused but has hardened somewhat with age.  I have installed a fresh 1.1mm lead into the pencil so it is all ready to go.