Untitled
William Mitchell (est. 1825)
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card, paper, metal and printing ink
Measurements
Box – 71 mm (length); 53 mm (width), Knibs –34 mm (length); 6 mm (width), Reservoirs - 15 mm (length); 7 mm (width)
Place of origin
Birmingham
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661626
Summary
A box made from yellow card with adhesive red label on lid containing pen nibs. The label has a logo in black with portrait, signature of William Mitchell between the title ‘Pedigree Pens’ and a picture of a pen nib on which is printed ‘Established 1825’. The box contains eleven gun metal pen nibs of various sizes 1 - 6 and two brass coloured ‘No.2 Slippon Reservoirs’. Total number of items is 14.
Marks and inscriptions
Knib face: Wm MITCHELLS/ PEDIGREE/ ROUND HAND/ ENGLAND.
Makers and roles
William Mitchell (est. 1825), maker