Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pencil box
Object Number:
2002.1.4698
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
5 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A long slim black box with a white paper label printed in black "1/2 doz. A.W. Faber's/ Siberian Leads/ for his/ New Patent Artist's Pencils/ with moveable Leads/ HHHHHH/ Prize-Medals/ London 1851/ New-York 1853/ Paris 1855, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony./ Manufactory established/ 1761." Three lead refills remain inside.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
