Drawing Pen
date: label: date made
content: after 1877
notes: label: Description
content: This 5-3/8" steel and ivory drawing pen is marked on one side of the pen point: D. R. P. 40967. On the other side, it is marked: BREVETÉES (/) S. G. D. G. These marks mean that the maker had received German and French patents on the pen after Germany established its unified patent law in 1877. Compare to 1978.2110.08 and 1978.2110.09.
label: Description
content: The previous owner collected more than 1,200 hand tools and machine tools and displayed them at his family's building company in Baltimore, Md.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drawing Instruments
label: Subject
content: Drafting, Engineering
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Pens and Pencils
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The John R. Gerwig, Jr., Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1101.0098
label: accession number
content: 1977.1101
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1101.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 14 cm x 1 cm; 13/32 in x 5 1/2 in x 13/32 in