Castell erasers
Inventory Number: 2014-1-0150
Classification: Drafting Aid
Manufacturer: A. W. Faber-Castell (1900-present)
Dimensions:
each eraser: 17.7 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm (6 15/16 × 1/4 × 1/4 in.)
box: 4.5 × 18.6 × 1.6 cm (1 3/4 × 7 5/16 × 5/8 in.)
Description:
box of No. 75 green pencil erasers
In Collection(s)
Signedon top of box: MADE IN U.S.A. BY A.W. FABER-CASTELL PENCIL CO.INC.NEWARK N.J.
Inscribedon top of box: A.W. FABER / CASTELL ERASERS / FOR A QUICK, CLEAN JOB / MADE IN U.S.A. BY A.W. FABER-CASTELL PENCIL CO.INC.NEWARK N.J.
on base of box: 7" ELECTRIC MACHINE ERASERS / (on the left) THE HOUSE OF / AW FABER / "CASTELL" / STANDARD OF THE WORLD / (on the right) Made in the following tectures / No. 70 ASSORTMENT OF No. 72 THRU 79 ERASERS / No. 72 DARK GREY INK ERASER / No. 73 WHITE PENCIL ERASER / No. 74 SOFT PINK PENCIL ERASER / No. 75 VELVETY SOFT GREEN PENCIL ERASER / No. 76 NEW LIGHT PINK SOFT PENCIL ERASER / No. 77 RED PENCIL ERASER / No. 78 NU-RED PENCIL ERASER / No. 79 MAGIC RUB VINYL ERASER
on the front of box: ONE DOZEN NO. 75 / VELVETY SOFT / GREEN PENCIL ERASER
on base of box: 7" ELECTRIC MACHINE ERASERS / (on the left) THE HOUSE OF / AW FABER / "CASTELL" / STANDARD OF THE WORLD / (on the right) Made in the following tectures / No. 70 ASSORTMENT OF No. 72 THRU 79 ERASERS / No. 72 DARK GREY INK ERASER / No. 73 WHITE PENCIL ERASER / No. 74 SOFT PINK PENCIL ERASER / No. 75 VELVETY SOFT GREEN PENCIL ERASER / No. 76 NEW LIGHT PINK SOFT PENCIL ERASER / No. 77 RED PENCIL ERASER / No. 78 NU-RED PENCIL ERASER / No. 79 MAGIC RUB VINYL ERASER
on the front of box: ONE DOZEN NO. 75 / VELVETY SOFT / GREEN PENCIL ERASER
FunctionThese long cylindrical erasers were designed for use in electric erasing machines.
ProvenanceLionel Spiro, Brookline, MA; Gift to CHSI, 2014.