Sharpener, Pencil
- Object Name:
- Sharpener, Pencil
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.104
- Creator:
Instrument Make - Date:
- 1850-1900
- Description:
- Pencil sharpener, metal. Tall narrow cone, with a heavy ring at top and rim at bottom. Slit on one side, aligned with ring, serves as ejection port for cuttings. Blade is built in, visible through slit. Smaller opening opposite slit just under ring, and small indent behind blade. With note: "Pencil sharpener / old - papas."
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-1.2 Dia-0.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Wesley P. Stone. Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)
- Subjects:
- Whistling, Instruments, Musical, Signals and signaling
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