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Maker:
Keuffel & Esser Co.  Search this
Physical Description:
german silver (overall material)
steel (overall material)
ivory (overall material)
wood (overall material)
leather (overall material)
fabric (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 2.3 cm x 21 cm x 10.1 cm; 29/32 in x 8 9/32 in x 3 31/32 in
Object Name:
drawing instruments, set of
Place made:
United States: New York, New York City
Date made:
ca 1900
Description:
This wooden bar-lock case is covered with leather and lined with blue velvet. The front is marked: KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. NEW YORK. The set contains: two steel drawing pens with ivory handles (5-5/8" and 4-3/4"); 3-1/2" German silver and steel compass with removable pen point; 5-5/8" German silver and steel dividers missing one leg with extension bar and pen and pencil point attachments; and a divider point that does not fit either the compass or dividers. The arrangement of instruments does not match any set advertised in Keuffel & Esser catalogs between 1880 and 1936.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Drafting, Engineering  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Eunice L. Hoffman
ID Number:
MA.335335
Accession number:
305958
Catalog number:
335335
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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Drawing Instruments
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a185-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1122185