Quill pen belonging to the poet Lord Alfred Tennyson. Quill has been cut and feathers trimmed. Nib has been bent backwards. Quill includes letter of provenance.
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Alan Cole
Bent quill rejected by Lord Tennyson in 1858.
Provenance: by descent from William Martin (a supplier of provisions to Tennyson) to Henry Fisher, thence given to the Cole Collection.