Behrens electric lead pointers
Date1978-1995
Inventory Number2014-1-0165
ClassificationDrafting Equipment
Subject
Seller
Charrette Corporation
1964 - 2006
Dimensions10.4 × 7.9 × 10.4 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
box: 9.4 × 14.7 × 11.4 cm (3 11/16 × 5 13/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
box: 9.4 × 14.7 × 11.4 cm (3 11/16 × 5 13/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Material
Description1 lead pointer without box + 2 pointers with boxes
In Collection(s)
Signed
Inscribedon both sides of pointers: Behrens / Electric Leadpointer / Item 27 -0000
on lid of pointers: 17 27
Curatorial RemarksCharrette took over Behrens near Charrette's beginning, circa 1964. Charrette was the only company in the U.S. that sold this electric pointer and 2014-1-0100.
FunctionA lead pointer sharpens lead drafting pencils to a point for more precise drafting.
ProvenanceLionel Spiro, Brookline, MA; Gift to CHSI, 2014.
Charrette Corporation
Date: 1964-2006
Object number: 2014-1-0098
Staedtler
Object number: 2014-1-0141d
A. W. Faber-Castell
Date: circa 1943-1963
Object number: 2014-1-0140
