General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CRAYON MAY HAVE IN IT: WAX - 8 PTS; SHELLAC - 4 PTS; TALLOW - 2 PTS; SOAP - 5 PTS; LAMPBLACK - 3 PTS [REF.1]/ CARDSTOCK BOX

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

5.9 cm

Width

4.3 cm

Height

2.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Platemaking

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

KORN

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

PROBABLY 1930'S

Canada

OWNED AND USED BY R. FOURNIER, A QUEBEC LITHOGRAPHER

Function

USED FOR DRAWING ON TRANSFER PAPER WHICH IS COPIED TO A ZINC PLATE FOR ETCHING. USED FOR BROAD ROUGHWORK WHERE NO FINE DETAIL IS NECESSARY. ALSO SUITABLE FOR FILLING IN DARK SHADING IN DRAWINGS ON GRAINED PAPER. [REF.1]. ALSO CAN BE USED FOR DRAWING DIRECTLY ON TO PLATE [REF.2]

Technical

THIS TYPE OF CRAYON IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THE STICKS ARE SQUARE INSTEAD OF ROUND SO THAT THE ANGLES ARE EQUIVALENT TO A POINT. [REF.1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CRAYON: NO MARKINGS/ BOX LABEL: 'KORN'S/ LITHOGRAPHIC CRAYON./ NO. 3/ MANUFACTURED BY/ W. KORN,/ 120 CENTRE ST., NEW YORK/ NO. 0. EX. Soft No. 111 HARD/ No. 1. Soft. No. IV Ex. Hard./ No. 11. Medium No. V. Copal./ MADE IN U.S.A./ IMPORTE DES ETAS UNIS D'AMERIQUE/ FOREIGN AGENTS:/ Gilby & herrmann, Ltd./ LONDON, ENGLAND/ Klimsch & Co./ FRANKFURT A [?]IN/ GER[?]Y/ Gerschel/ PARIS, [?]/ Ettore Gr[?]/ MIL[?]/ [?]GRAPHIC CRAYONS/ ESTABLISHED 1880/ TRADE MARK'/ STAMPED ON BOX SIDE: '62126'

Missing

N/A

Finish

CRAYON - BLACK/ BOX WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

LABEL -DECORATIVE BORDER