Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hardware/ household
Object Number:
2002.1.2569
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1 5/8 x 3/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A pocket clip from a glass-cutting tool that was probably stylus shaped like a pen. It has a curved clamp that pressure fit around the shaft of the stylus and a gold button on the pocket clip that reads in green "Fletcher/ It's The Better Glass Cutter".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
