Drawing Pen
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: Gift of Ruth A. Ming
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.2110.09
label: accession number
content: 1978.2110
label: catalog number
content: 336735
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pen
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.6 cm x .5 cm x .5 cm; 3 25/32 in x 3/16 in x 3/16 in