Box of Pen Nibs
Maker and role
The Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company
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Object detail
Accession number
2010.147
Description
Box of metal dipping pen nibs. The Nibs are oval point form. Red cardboard box with a slide drawer, full of pen nibs. Box has a gold and black coloured label running all the way around, which has been broken. Box contains 144 pen nibs - c. 1858.
Marks
R Esterbrook and Co Oval Point made in the USA 144 Pen Printed
R. Esterbrook Co. / PENS / MAGAZINE / 1858 / Made in U.S.A. / 788 OVAL POINT / 144 PENS Printed
Caution / The first steel pens manufactured in America / were made by Richard Esterbrook, in 1858. / Esterbrook pens, of the superior quality / that has made the company thus founded / one of the great pen producers of the / world, are packed only in sealed boxes like / this bearing the original signature Label
R. Esterbrook Co. / PENS / MAGAZINE / 1858 / Made in U.S.A. / 788 OVAL POINT / 144 PENS Printed
Caution / The first steel pens manufactured in America / were made by Richard Esterbrook, in 1858. / Esterbrook pens, of the superior quality / that has made the company thus founded / one of the great pen producers of the / world, are packed only in sealed boxes like / this bearing the original signature Label
Media/Materials
Credit Line
The Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company. Box of Pen Nibs, 2010.147. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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