Accession No

6018

Brief Description

stencil and pen set, both in cases; made by Rotring; mid-twentieth century

Origin

Germany

Maker

Rotring

Class

earth sciences; drawing

Earliest Date

1950

Latest Date

1980

Inscription Date

Material

plastic; metal (aluminium and various white metals); paper (card, tissue)

Dimensions

(stencil only) width: 56mm; length: 366mm (pen case) width: 100mm; length: 182mm

Special Collection

Brian Harland collection

Provenance

Donated on or before 10/01/2005.

Inscription

“Art 5710 rotring 10 mm”
“Made in Germany 309 N” (both on stencil)
“Rotring
Zeichentusche
Drawing ink
e 23 ml
Made in Germany” (on ink pot in pen set)
“X.08” (in manuscript pen on sticker on pen set)

Description Notes

Stencil: orange transparent stencil with lettering A to Z in upper and lower case, numbers 1 to 9, and punctuation. Aluminium runners along either edge. Clear plastic case with card inlay.

Pen set: five pens, numbered ‘0,35’, ‘1,0’, ‘0,50’, ‘0,25’, ‘0,13’; two instruction leaflets, and two pieces of card; tissues; two razor-blades; ink-bottle; red plastic cap; black- and clear-plastic case, with sticker marked ‘X.08’ (number assigned by Brian Harland).

Condition: Good (complete).

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