Set of Drawing Instruments

Description:

This small set of silver instruments includes a pair of dividers with one removable point. This may be replaced by a pen point, pencil point, and dotting pen point that are also in the set. Inside the fixed leg of the dividers is marked: KB KB. A small pencil-lead holder (probably not original to the set) and a double-ended crayon holder are also in the case. The crayon holder is hollow and has two sliding rings for locking the crayons into place.

The mahogany case is lined with green velvet. A silver presentation plaque on the lid is marked in Dutch: Eerste eer prys (/) van het genoodschap (/) onder de Zinspreuk (/) HIER DOOR DOT HOOGER (/) Gegeeve aan Jan Nagtegael (/) ROTTERDAM (/) ANNO 1786. According to Jacques van Damme, the inscription can be roughly translated as: "The first prize for honors from the Society with the motto 'Here through to higher,' given to Jan Nagtegael [Nightingale], Rotterdam, in the year 1786." The Smithsonian acquired this object in 1960.

Reference: Maya Hambly, Drawing Instruments, 1580–1980 (London: Sotheby's, 1988), 39–40.

Date Made: 1786

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Netherlands: South Holland, Rotterdam

Subject: MathematicsDrafting, EngineeringPresentation

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Science & Mathematics, Drawing Instruments

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MA.317357Accession Number: 230279Catalog Number: 317357

Object Name: drawing instruments, set of

Physical Description: silver (overall material)wood (overall material)fabric (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 cm x 19.7 cm x 4 cm; 1 3/16 in x 7 3/4 in x 1 9/16 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-99bd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1122127

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