Object Details
- Keuffel & Esser Co.
- Description
- This wooden pocket case is covered with black sharkskin and lined with yellow paper. The set of brass and steel instruments includes: two drawing pens; a small drawing compass with a pen point; and large dividers with pen point and pencil point attachments.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lawrence L. Lemire
- 19th century
- ID Number
- MA.333924
- accession number
- 304215
- catalog number
- 333924
- Object Name
- drawing instruments, set of
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- case closed: 17.7 cm x 6.3 cm x 3.4 cm; 6 31/32 in x 2 15/32 in x 1 11/32 in
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Drawing Instruments
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Drafting, Engineering
- Record ID
- nmah_1122148
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-9d86-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
