Penwipe
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1730 or 1840
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bell-shaped tortoiseshell mount with turned knob finial, decorated in gold piqué, posé and point, with foliate scrolls; a thick tassel of varicolored pastel silk floss is mounted in this and serves as pen-wiper.
place: label: Place
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1967-48-35
objectType: label: Type
content: appliances & tools
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Penwipe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Tortoise shell, gold, silk
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 17 x 9 cm (6 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.)