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- OBJECT TYPE
- RULING/CROSS POINT
- DATE
- 1896
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0080.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL, BONE OR IVORY HANDLE W. ERASER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.3 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 1.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Platemaking
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1890'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED FOR DRAWING FINE - Technical
-
ALTHOUGH NOT IN PARTICULARLY GOOD CONDITION, THIS PEN WAS USED BY A LITHOGRAPHER TO DRAW LINES ON PLATES OR STONES. THE CROSS-JOINT FACILITATED THE 'SHARPENING' OF THE NIBS. THE BONE OR IVORY HANDLE IS INDICATIVE OF 19TH C. MFR.; LATER MODELS TENDED TO BE MADE WITH WOOD (EBONY) OR METAL (ALUMINUM, BRASS, STEEL) HANDLES. THIS WILL BE A USEFULLY DISPLAY EXAMPLE OF A 19TH C. RULING PEN (FOR PLATEMAKING). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- IVORY COLOURED/ RED ERASER
- Decoration
- NONE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Pen, circa 1896, Artifact no. 1983.0080, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1983.0080.001/
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