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Bronze Fox Pen Wipe

Categories Accessories, Figural - Animals & Living Creatures
Type Fox
Material Bronze
Markings Geschutzt
Manufacturer Undetermined
Origin Austria
Date or Era circa 1890
Measuring 7 ½” long; 4” high

A bronze pen wipe in the form of a cold-painted fox. Set in the fox’s body are densely packed boar’s hair bristles made stiff to clean the nibs of dip pens. They prevented clogging by removing excess ink. Marked “Geschutzt” underneath the tail.

Sold for $335 in May 2024

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