Drawing pin
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 741543.2.4
Summary
Three drawing pins contained in a small two part cardboard box of 'THE TOWER PAPER FASTENERS' alongside split pins, an elastic band, a seed, two small stones and one needle. Kept in a gold and blue metal tin with hinged lid marked 'The Allenburys GLYCERINE AND BLACKCURRANT PASTILLES.' with a metal triangle with two metal balls that meet at the top. The three drawing pins are of two designs. The first two are silver in colour with the pin cut from the top leaving a hole in the centre. Embossed into the top of these pins are the words 'WAVERLEY WORK ENG. No 1'. The third pin is brass with the pushed through the top creating a small raised circle in the centre surrounded by six embossed scallops with a dash line in the centre of each creating a flower like design.