Set of Drawing Instruments, Keuffel & Esser N9520
date: label: date made
content: ca 1955
label: date made
content: ca 1935-1955
name: label: maker
content: Keuffel & Esser Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This set of drawing instruments has six pieces contained in a folding case. The case is covered with black leatherette, lined with green velveteen, and closes with two metal snaps. It is marked “N9520” in the lower left corner of the case. Inside the case is a maker’s plate identifying the set as “FAVORITE” by Keuffel & Esser Co. of New York. Favorite was one of the company’s “School Quality” product lines.
label: Description
content: The set includes:
label: Description
content: 1) Compass with adjustable leg, marked ECCO Co./GERMANY, 1.3cm x 15.5cm.
label: Description
content: 2) Flat steel screwdriver, 2.2cm x 1cm.
label: Description
content: 3) Extension bar for compass, .9cm x 8.4cm.
label: Description
content: 4) Ruling pen blade, .9cm x 8.3cm
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content: 5) Metal capsule containing one metal point and two pieces of pencil lead, .8cm x 3.5cm.
label: Description
content: 6) Ruling pen, marked GERMANY, 1.1cm x 12.2cm. (The thumbscrew is also marked with with a name, but the stamping is not complete, making the last two letters unreadable. The letters "SCHUENN" are clearly stamped).
label: Description
content: A mark on the case reads: N9520.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Drawing Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edward J. Zaske
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0259.02
label: accession number
content: 2019.0259
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0259.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing instruments, set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velveteen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leatherette (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 18 cm x 6 cm; 25/32 in x 7 3/32 in x 2 3/8 in