Propelling pencil
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal and bone
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851649
Summary
A pair of propelling pencils (possibly his and hers) with wooden shafts with bone ends. The shafts are grooved and the propelling mechanisms are via metal grooved bands which rotate around the shafts.
Provenance
1989 Ickworth Estate EE. Writing box. Miss Elliot's bequest.