Nib
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
brass
Measurements
4 x 48 x 7 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 748851
Summary
Metal pen nib, to be used with an ink well. The nib is convex with a rounded end for insertion into a pen base and a pinted split nib with open hole well for the ink. To the top side is embossed; 'COMMERCE 45 BAK - FIN REGO MADE IN ENGLAND' the reverse of this can be seen on the inside.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.