Unspecified / ca 1900
Pencil Holder for Drawing Compass
Pencil Holder for Drawing Compass
The Smithsonian catalogs Pencil Holder for Drawing Compass as pencil holder in its Mathematics records.
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This brass leg for a drawing compass has a screw for adjusting the width of the pencil lead holder. A joint at the top bends to a right angle. At the turn of the 20th century, brass drawing instruments were made for school use, while engineers and draftsmen used instruments made from German silver and steel. This object may have originally been part of a wooden case of drawing instruments. It rese