Object Details
- Description
- This 3-3/4" German silver and ivory drawing pen is missing the decorative bulb that would have been at the top of the handle. As with other ivory-handled drawing pens, the point may be unscrewed from the handle. Pens like this were sold for engineering drawing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Compare to 1977.0279.01, 1978.2110.07, 1978.2110.08, 1978.2110.10, 1979.0420.01, 1983.0238.01, 1990.0115.01, 1990.0115.02, 309654, 315411, 317925.04, 318491, 323412, 334622, 335300, 335335, 335353, and 335355.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ruth A. Ming
- ca 1900
- ID Number
- 1978.2110.09
- accession number
- 1978.2110
- catalog number
- 336735
- Object Name
- pen
- Physical Description
- german silver (overall material)
- ivory (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.6 cm x .5 cm x .5 cm; 3 25/32 in x 3/16 in x 3/16 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Pens and Pencils
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Drawing Instruments
- Drafting, Engineering
- Record ID
- nmah_904292
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-58c2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
