Accession No

3997

Brief Description

pantagraph; made by Charles Augustus Schmalcalder; circa 1820

Origin

London; England

Maker

Schmalcalder. Charles Augustus

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1820

Latest Date

1820

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); ivory

Dimensions

length 800mm; breadth 85mm; thickness 80mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Tesseract, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA; Spring 1992 catalogue, no.36, 1982.

Inscription

‘Schmalcalder. LONDON’ (shortest arm)

Description Notes

Lacquered brass drawing instrument with 4 articulated arms, 2 of which have hand-engraved non-linear scales. Twin sliding cursors and 4 ivory wheels. No accessories (such as insertable pointer, pencil and weight).

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