drawing pencil in original metal tin - Mars Lumograph 7H
Inventory Number: 2014-1-0142b
Classification: Drafting Equipment
Manufacturer: Staedtler (founded 1835)
Dimensions:
box: 1.9 × 18.2 × 5.3 cm (3/4 × 7 3/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
pencil: 1705 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm (671 1/4 × 1/4 × 1/4 in.)
Material:
Description:
pencils in original packaging, packaging contains chart for pencil lead usage
In Collection(s)
Signedon box: MARS STAEDTLER
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: 7H / 2886 (logo) J.S. STAEDTLER (logo) / MARS-LUMOGRAPH (logo) GERMANY
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: 7H / 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.