Pen
- Object Name:
- Pen
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.235.1
- Date:
- 1905
- Description:
- Pen used at signing of Portsmouth Peace Treaty, Portsmouth, NH, 1905. Tapered black plastic (Bakelite?) body with orange marbling. Removable steel nib, stamped "R. ESTERBROOK & CO / PROBATE PEN / MADE IN U.S.A. / 313".
- Material:
- Plastic
- Dimensions:
- L-6.5 Dia-0.3 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Accompanied by two paper notes:
1. Written in ink, "The pen with which Baron Komura, one of the Japanese representatives, signed the Russian-Japanese Peace Treaty at Portsmouth, N.H., 1905. Property of Stanley Toppan Hayes."
2. Typescript, "This pen used at the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth and presented to Kenneth F. Hayes for his son Stanley T. Hayes, September 5, 1905." - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- People:
- Komura, Baron (1855-1911)
- Subjects:
- Peace conferences, Peace negotiations, Peace treaties, Pens
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