Collection Highlights
Major Gen'l Z. Taylor Before Monterey
Date:
1848
Object Number:
PR.068.27
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mechanical pencil
Object Number:
Z.1710b
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Gold, other metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 3/8 in. ( 7.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Gold plate mechanical pencil with slide ring and perpetual calendar; two-thirds at lead end is cylindrical and decorated with rinceau design, opposite third is heptagonal and stamped with 5 bands of stamped numbers, 1-34, one band above with the letters "D L M N J V S" stamped; cabbage rose finial.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
