Object Details
maker
Keuffel & Esser Co.
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
Credit Line
Gift of Eunice L. Hoffman
date made
ca 1900
ID Number
MA.335335
accession number
305958
catalog number
335335
Object Name
drawing instruments, set of
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
place made
United States: New York, New York City
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Drafting, Engineering
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1122185