Keuffel & Esser 551 Paragon Dotting Pen
date: label: date made
content: 1901-1936
name: label: distributor
content: Keuffel & Esser Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This 5-1/2" German silver and ivory dotting pen is marked: KEUFFEL & ESSER Co. N.Y. (/) GERMANY. It is also marked: PARAGON. When the tightening screw is removed, the top blade of the point lifts up to reveal six small serrated wheels. These may be interchanged in the point of the pen to create six different types of dotted lines. The lower blade has a reservoir for ink.
label: Description
content: Keuffel & Esser introduced the Paragon line of drawing instruments in 1901. K&E considered these to be its highest quality products and had them manufactured in Germany for the American market. Paragon instruments were unavailable during World War I but were reintroduced by 1921. By 1936 the ivory handles were replaced with wood. This pen was model 551, priced at $4.25 in 1909
label: Description
content: References: <i>Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co.</i>, 33rd ed. (New York, 1909), 42, 46, 74; <i>Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co.</i>, 36th ed. (New York, 1921), 52, 70; <i>Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co.</i>, 38th ed. (New York, 1936), 104, 127.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drafting, Engineering
label: Subject
content: Drawing Instruments
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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 Howard I. Chappelle
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0788.03
label: accession number
content: 1987.0788
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0788.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pen, dotting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14.5 cm x 1.1 cm x .8 cm; 5 23/32 in x 7/16 in x 5/16 in