Accession No

2700

Brief Description

pair of drawing instruments, a drawing pen and double-jointed ink bow, by Kern and Company, Swiss, 1860 (c)

Origin

Switzerland; Aarau

Maker

Kern and Company

Class

drawing

Earliest Date

1860

Latest Date

1860

Inscription Date

Material

ivory; metal (steel)

Dimensions

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘KERN & CO AARAU SWISS’ (on ivory handles)

Description Notes

Ivory handles. Steel heads unscrew from handles.
1. Double-jointed ink bows. Pen point on both shanks. Hair screw adjustment.
2. Drawing pen. Milled screw adjusts points.

Condition: fair (handle of drawing pen is loose).

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