Nib, pen
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAPPING
- DATE
- 1905
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0627.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Gillott, Joseph
- MODEL
- 291
- LOCATION
- Birmingham, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PENS: STEEL/ BOX: CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.2 cm
- Width
- 3.4 cm
- Height
- 2.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mathematics
- Category
- Drawing & measuring instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Gillott
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Birmingham
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- PROBABLY EARLY PART OF 20C.
- Canada
-
OWNED AND USED BY R. FOURNIER, A QUEBEC LITHOGRAPHER - Function
-
USED, IN A HOLDER, FOR LETTERING OR DRAWING USUALLY ON PAPER WITH INK. THIS TYPE MADE ESPECIALLY FOR MAPPING. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NIB: 'JOSEPH/ GILLOTT'S/ MAPPING/ PEN/ 291'/ BOX: TAPE: 'No/ MANUFACTURED UND[?] JOSEPH GILLOTT'S OWN SUPERINTE[?]/ 291'/ BACK: 'CAUTION/ J.G. regrets to say, certain disreput-/ ble Makers have tried to impose upon/ he Public a spurious article bearing/ he mis-spelled name of the Patentee/ hus "GILOTT", or "GILLOT". Please/ bserve, ALL THE GENUINE PEN/ RE MARKED IN FULL "JOSEPH/ ILLOTT," and every Packet bear/ fac-simile of his Signature,thus/ Jos. A. Gillott [IN CURSIVE]'
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- NIBS: BLUISH-BROWN/ CARDSTOCK BOX COVERED WITH DECORATIVE PAPER/ PURPLE & WHITE PAPER TAPE AROUND LID.
- Decoration
- PAPER: SHINY SILVER WITH COLOURED DRAWINGS OF FLOWERS
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Gillott, Joseph, Nib, pen, circa 1905, Artifact no. 1991.0627, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0627.001/
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