Collection Highlights
Baby walker
Date:
1700-1750
Object Number:
INV.14959
Medium:
Cherry (by microanalysis)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lead pencil
Object Number:
1906.11
Date:
1873
Medium:
Wood, graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 1 3/4 in. ( 43.2 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
printed label: on pencil shaft: "DIXON'S Graphite Pencils"
printed label: on pencil shaft: "[DIX]ON CRUCIBLE CO. Jersey City, N.J."
Description:
Oversize wooden pencil with octagonal cylindrical shaft, tapering point, and graphite lead at tip.
Gallery Label:
This oversize pencil was presented to the illustrator Thomas Nast (1840-1902) during a lecture tour in 1873.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Nast
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
