Pocket Case of Drawing Instruments
Pocket Case of Drawing Instruments
Previous
Next
Usage conditions apply
- 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
- Object Name
- drawing instruments, set of
- date made
- 19th century
- maker
- Keuffel & Esser Co.
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- 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
- ID Number
- MA.333924
- accession number
- 304215
- catalog number
- 333924
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lawrence L. Lemire
- subject
- Mathematics
- Drafting, Engineering
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- Drawing Instruments
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Nominate this object for photography.
Our collection database is a work in progress. We may update this record based on further research and review. Learn more about our approach to sharing our collection online.
If you would like to know how you can use content on this page, see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use. If you need to request an image for publication or other use, please visit Rights and Reproductions.
