Writing implement
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, bristle, metal, wax and rubber
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937212
Summary
Collection of items from a pencil case including: (a) ruler, 'No. 9 ESA Holborn Viaduct, E.C'.; (b) paint brush with white paint residue and string bound around the handle; (c) rudimentary ink pen consisting of a nib on a rough wood stick, marked 'J. Birmingham'; (d) a nib marked '14K plated P.C.L. No. 6'; (e) an eraser; (f) a blue crayon; (g) a green crayon; (h) a brown crayon.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).