PROPELLING PENCIL
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The pencil is reeded with engraving in a rope pattern. There is a collar in the center which is decorated with small pieces of turquoise. The end is bulbous and also with small cabochon turquoise pieces. In the end of the pencil is a piece of bloodstone. This is called the seal matrix.
- Object name:
- PROPELLING PENCIL
- Made from:
- Gold -- bloodstone -- turquoise
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.175
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973