Luxurious Feeling Vintage Eberhard Faber Gold Sticks antique parquetry set and a bit of wear

and a bit of wear on either edge of the top

the aces will skip one's thumb when riffling through the deck

The head is true head sized and was made by someone who certainly knew what they were doing

Overall dimensions: 8 1/8" t x 7" in diameter

Sold as found in a linen covered frame which I think suits it pretty well and I like the tight framing

Luxurious Feeling Vintage Eberhard Faber Gold Sticks antique parquetry set and a bit of wearI purchased these excellent old Eberhard Faber "gold sticks" and two beautiful boxes of old chalks (also listed today) from a dealer at Brimfield who had found them all together I'll never resist beautiful old art school supplies, and find them immensely satisfying just to look at, whether or not ever to use. And a golden box of golden sticks feels like a pretty luxurious thing to me and these are quite heavy, as if sticks of real gold! I did test one