Pen holder
Eagle Pencil Co.
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1930 - circa 1969
Materials
Metal, wood and rubber
Measurements
183 mm (length)
Place of origin
United States
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666657
Summary
A green painted tapered wooden pen holder with a gold coloured metal nib holder which is inserted into a rubber barrel. From 1930 a steel nib holder was introduced to reduce costs and between 1939-1946 manufacturing ceased to concentrate on the war effort. The name ceased in 1969.
Provenance
'Derbyshire Museum Service History of Education Collection' - a collection established by Derbyshire Museum Service (through gifts from individuals, Derbyshire schools and purchases) in the 1940s and stored at Sudbury Hall from the early 1970s to 2012. The National Trust managed the collection between 1991 and 2012 when legal ownership was transferred from Derbyshire County Council to the National Trust. Archival records information - "The collection was established as a result of isolated gifts in the 1940's, and the 'savings' of certain school records (now passed to County Records) during wartime paper salvage." "During the 1950s it was L.E.A. practice to hold an Easter Course for teachers, and the County (Derbyshire) Museum arranged a special exhibition for teach course. As by the mid 1950s quite a collection had already accumulated, it was decided to produce an exhibition on the history of education with special reference to Derbyshire. Consequently, further material was purchased, from which items were selected. The exhibition was subsequently shown at a number of centres, and after disbandment, additions continued to be made with the aim of eventually producing a reconstructed classroom as a base for research. The Derby Bishop Lonsdale College of Education has frequently made use of the collection in various ways."
Marks and inscriptions
On the pen holder: '1350 PEN-PAK EAGLE PENCIL CO. U.S.A / PAT. APPL'D FOR'
Makers and roles
Eagle Pencil Co., maker