Pencil, Mechanical
- Object Name:
- Pencil, Mechanical
- Object ID:
- 1996.028.55
- Creator:
- Moore Pen Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1920-1935
- Description:
- Combination mechanical pencil and fountain pen. Green marbleized finish. Impressed lettering on body: "THE MOORE PEN CO." Removable cap on pen end. Brass clip, stamped "MOORE". Was wrapped in envelope inscribed in ink, "Jennie M. Demeritt. Pencil with which she wrote Pageants."; envelope imprinted "SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS / IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE".
- Material:
- Metal
Plastic - Dimensions:
- W-0.7 L-5.8 Dia-0.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned and used by Jennie Demeritt. From the Demeritt / Goss House in Madbury, NH, containing items from the Demeritt, Goss, and Woodworth families.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lane W. Goss and Georgia Goss Drew
- People:
- Demeritt, Jennie M. (1863-1936)
- Subjects:
- Historical pageants, Pencils
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