Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mechanical pencil
Object Number:
Z.2300.18
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 3/8 in. ( 1 x 8.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Plain cylindrical silver metal mechanical pencil (inside works missing), with ribbed sliding ring.
Gallery Label:
This mechanical pencil was among the items in a jewelry box which came from the Livingston family.
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston, 1951
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
