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                                  January 2019 • Volume 32 No. 5               www.antiqueshoppefl.com                                      TAKE ONE

                                           Sampson Mordan Perfume Bottles

                                       By Larry LeMasters
                                       LeMasters’ Antique News Service
                                          Sampson Mordan (1790-1843), following     Sampson Mordan’s true claim to lasting
                                       several years of apprenticeship, became one   historical  fame, shared with John Isaac
                                       of the best-known British  silversmiths  and   Hawkins, was as the co-inventor of the first
                                       inventors of the early 1800s. His company   patented  mechanical  pencil.  Mordan and
                                       (S. Mordan & Co.) earned the reputation    Hawkins patented  a metal  pencil  with
                                       for being  one of England’s outstanding    an internal  mechanism  for propelling
                                       silversmith companies of the Victorian Era,   the  graphite  shaft  forward during  use,
                                       a time when  Victorians loved shiny silver   revolutionizing pencils.
                                       items as much as they did tea.               Their basic design is still used in
                                                                                  mechanical  pencils  today, and collectors
                                      Circa 1886, porcelain perfume bottle with S. Mordan   around the world pay as much as $1,500 for   Beautiful mother-of-pearl Webb glass
                                      sterling silver “chick” head screw top.  This beautiful   a genuine Mordan mechanical pencil.  perfume bottle produced by
                                      bottle is valued at $1,600.                                        Continued on Page 3  S. Mordan & Co.  Valued at $2, 200.
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                          COMES TO POMPANO BEACH                                      Jacksonville’s 45  Antique & Depression Glass Show & Sale will be held
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         Depression Glass Club brings to you for two days only their 45th Show and   from Fostoria, Heisey, Cambridge,
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         NE 6th Street, Pompano Beach, FL is the “big top’s” location. Show time is   Era, Fiesta, Pottery & More. Free
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         first 100 paid attendees. There will be door prizes every 1/2 hour totaling   door  Saturday  &  Sunday.  The  is
         hundreds of dollars.                                                      also  a  Food  Court,  ID  Booth  &
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         glass, pottery and dinnerware from all eras. Side shows include glass repair,   front door is $5.                             by Duncan Miller.
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