Pencil, Mechanical
- Object Name:
- Pencil, Mechanical
- Object ID:
- 2002.023.12
- Date:
- 1820-1849
- Description:
- Gold pencil. Square shaft with decorative engraving. "M Lamson" engraved in script on shaft. Conical head set with clear faceted stone or glass. In white cardboard box, inscribed on bottom, "Gold pencil of F.G.D.'s great grandmother, Mrs. Mary Chaplin Lamson." Box has no cover.
- Material:
- Metal
Gold - Dimensions:
- L-3.35 Dia-0.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
Mary Chaplin Lamson (1802-1849) was born in Groton, MA, and died in Charlestown, MA.
F.G.D. = Frances Gardner Dudley Shepard (1898-1998) of Exeter, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Shepard, Jr., in memory of Mr. Shepard's mother and maternal grandmother
- Subjects:
- Pencils
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