lead in wooden tubes
Date1900-1950
Inventory Number2003-1-0257
ClassificationPencil
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions1 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm (3/8 x 2 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionSix cylindrical wooden tubes with removable lids. Two of the tubes are shorter than the other four. Each tube contains lead of various thicknesses and hues.
Signedunsigned
FunctionThe lead pieces can be attached to compasses and other drafting tools to serve as the drawing implement.
Radium Chemical Company
Date: circa 1900
Accessories: metal needles (2); black rubber tubes with one conical end (5); large black pellets with small metal tubes protruding from the center (2); brown rubber tubes (4); dumbbell-like objects (2); small black caps (4); large black objects with rectangles gouged out of them (2); black cylindrical canisters (4); a metal tube with a screw top; and a bucket of misc. objects
Object number: 1998-1-0115
Western Electric Company
Date: 1900-1930
Object number: RS0196
Hermann Elbs
Date: circa 1890
Object number: WJ0029
Troughton & Simms
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: mahogany box with brass handle; sun shade for telescope
Object number: 5234
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: 1920-1946
Accessories: wooden platform for samples
Object number: 1997-1-0769
Percy Williams Bridgman
Date: ca. 1915-1945
Accessories: wooden test tube stand
Object number: 2008-1-0135
Department of Geology and Geography, Harvard University
Date: 1950s-1960s
Object number: 2011-1-0041