Ecco Wallet Case of Drawing Instruments Sold by Keuffel & Esser
date: label: date made
content: 1927-1942
name: label: distributor
content: Keuffel & Esser Co.
label: maker
content: Ecco
notes: label: Description
content: This cardboard and wood folding case is covered with black imitation leather and lined with green velvet. It fastens with decorative snaps. The front left corner is marked with a serial number: 9226. The back is marked: GERMANY. A white celluloid plate screwed inside the case is marked: "ANVIL" (/) KEUFFEL & ESSER CO (/) NY. Except for a missing joint tightener, the set is complete and contains:
label: Description
content: 1) 6-1/4" German silver compass with bendable legs and interchangeable pencil and pen points and lengthening bar. The side of one leg is marked: ECCO C<u>o</u> GERMANY.
label: Description
content: 2) 6-1/8" German silver and steel dividers with removable point. The side of one leg is marked: ECCO C<u>o</u> GERMANY.
label: Description
content: 3) 4-9/16" and 5-9/16" steel drawing pens with black plastic handles. Both handles are marked: ECCO C<u>o</u> (/) GERMANY.
label: Description
content: 4) 3-1/2" steel bow pencil, bow pen, and bow dividers.
label: Description
content: 5) 1-3/8" cylindrical metal case with three needle points and one pencil lead.
label: Description
content: In 1927 Keuffel & Esser, the prominent New York manufacturer and retailer of mathematical instruments, began to sell drawing instruments made in Germany by the Ecco firm as its Anvil product line. These were marketed to students and others who needed quality instruments at a reasonable price. This set was sold as model number N996; it was priced at $13.75 in 1927 and $18.00 in 1936. K&E's ability to import these instruments was interrupted by World War II. When the company began selling the Anvil line again by 1954, this set was not advertised in K&E catalogs. The Smithsonian acquired the set before 1984, when it was found in the collections.
label: Description
content: References: <i>Catalogue and Price List of Keuffel & Esser Co.</i>, 37th ed. (New York, 1927), 153; <i>Catalogue and Price List of Keuffel & Esser Co.</i>, 38th ed. (New York, 1936), 154, 166; Hoboken Historical Museum, "Drawing set, similar to Anvil N996," http://hoboken.pastperfect-online.com/32340cgi/mweb.exe?request=record&id=58540708-A327-4DCB-833F-741904390220&type=101.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drafting, Engineering
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Drawing Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0316.02
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0316.02
label: accession number
content: 1990.0316
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing instruments, set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: synthetic leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 25.4 cm x 11.5 cm; 31/32 in x 10 in x 4 17/32 in