Signedon box: MARS STAEDTLER
on front and back of box: MARS
inside box: MARS STAEDTLER
on outside of paper in box: STAEDTLER 1662 / PENCILS since / STAEDTLER / MARS / MARS
on inside of paper in box: (on left side) Mars-Lumograph / No 2886 / for all purposes / in 19 degrees (on right side) For drawings and / photo-prints, writing, and shorthand etc.
on pencil: 8H 2886 (logo) J.S. STAEDTLER (logo) MARS-LUMOGRAPH (logo) GERMANY
FunctionA pencil is a tool for writing consisting of a tube of graphite (the "lead") embedded inside a cylinder of wood.
ProvenanceLionel Spiro, Brookline, MA; Gift to CHSI, 2014.