Object Details
Description
This 5-3/8" steel and ivory drawing pen is marked on one side of the pen point: D. R. P. 40967. On the other side, it is marked: BREVETÉES (/) S. G. D. G. These marks mean that the maker had received German and French patents on the pen after Germany established its unified patent law in 1877. Compare to 1978.2110.08 and 1978.2110.09.
The previous owner collected more than 1,200 hand tools and machine tools and displayed them at his family's building company in Baltimore, Md.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
The John R. Gerwig, Jr., Collection
date made
after 1877
ID Number
1977.1101.0098
accession number
1977.1101
catalog number
1977.1101.0098
Object Name
pen
Physical Description
steel (overall material)
ivory (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 1 cm x 14 cm x 1 cm; 13/32 in x 5 1/2 in x 13/32 in
place made
Europe
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Pens and Pencils
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Drawing Instruments
Drafting, Engineering
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_904295