Pencil

A gold cased pencil presented to Gregory Robinson aged 13, after a visit by the boys of the Mathematical School, Christ's Hospital to show Queen Victoria their drawings. Inscribed: 'GREGORY ROBINSON FROM 1889 VR.' The pencil has a bloodstone set in the end. It is in a satin and velvet lined leather case.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0753
Type: Pencil
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Garrard & Co. Ltd
Date made: 1889
People: Queen Victoria; Robinson, Gregory
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 90 mm x 15 mm
Parts: Pencil