drawing pencil, Mars Lumograph 6b

Inventory Number: 2014-1-0142c

Classification: Pencil

Subject:

Manufacturer: Staedtler (founded 1835)

Dimensions:

17.5 × 0.9 × 0.9 cm (6 7/8 × 3/8 × 3/8 in.)

Material:

Description:

one 6B lead drawing pencil

In Collection(s)

Signedon pencil: 6B 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.