Three dip pens and one lead pencil
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- circa 1890 in unknown place
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LicenseSelection of writing implements, three dip pens
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Selection of writing implements, three dip pens
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Selection of writing implements, three dip pens
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Selection of writing implements, three dip pens
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Selection of writing implements, three dip pens
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Selection of writing implements, three dip pens
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Selection of writing implements, three dip pens
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Selection of writing implements, three dip pens
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Selection of writing implements, three dip pens
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Selection of writing implements, three dip pens
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Selection of writing implements, three dip pens, and a lead pencil. Exhibited within the Lower Wellcome room set reconstruction No.38 'At the Dentist in 1890'
While it is fairly straightforward how pens work today, dip pens do not have internal reservoirs like most modern pens do, so the nib must be dipped into a bowl of ink to work. This would have been a very messy and time-consuming process.
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- Category:
- Printing & Writing
- Object Number:
- 2021-6
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
