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Maker(s):Lownds, Jacob J.; Wilmarth, W. M.
Culture:American
Title:Retractable Pen and Pencil
Date Made:1857 or later
Type:Tool - Communication
Materials:metal: gold
Place Made:New York State
Measurements:Overall: 3 7/8 x 7/16 in; 9.8 x 1.1 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2023.8.26
Credit Line:Gift of Juliene and Carl M. Lindberg
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
18 carat gold combination propelling pen and pencil of a patented design. The decorative engine turned body alternates stippling with engraved foliage, the pen is also engraved with the makers name - W.M.WILMARTH 18. There are raised foliate scroll chased collars to either end which facilitate the extension of the inner tubes which house the Pen & Pencil. The collars are then half-turned and retracted to expose the writing instruments. The process is repeated to close the instrument. The inner barrel stamped: "LOWNDS PATENT Oct.3.1854"/ "W.M. Wilmarth"/ "A. Horton, New York, 1857". This presentation piece is also engraved "Parker Jones from Franklin Pierce."

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