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"pop-a-point" Lead Pencil, with Refills and Interchangeable Nibs, 1978

Printing & Writing

1978

Pencil, North Eastern Railway. Brown six-sided pencil marked "NER No.4810". 5 1/2" long.

Pencil, North Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Lead 2B Berol Pencil, 1977

Printing & Writing

1977

Micro-Lead Draughtsman's Mechanical Pencil, 1977

Printing & Writing

1977

Berol 'Ben Franklin' Pencil, 1972

Printing & Writing

1972

Berol Pencil Crayon, 1977

Printing & Writing

1977

Clutch Pencil with Refill, 1977

Printing & Writing

1977

Pencils, DOME 2000, black throughout and yellow with Dome outline. Each made from one recycled polystyrene vending cup. Functions as pencil but with no wood. Accredited Millennium Product; voted International Invention of the Year 1998. 175mm long

Pencils, DOME 2000, black throughout and yellow w

Environmental Science & Technology

2000

HB lead pencil, painted red, 1977.

HB Lead Berol Pencil, 1977

Printing & Writing

1977

Pencil, brown pencil marked "Great Northern Railway-Office". Maftd. by J.W. GUTTKNEGHT Bavaria. 7" long.

Pencil, Great Northern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; painted purple with silver markings "London & North Eastern Railway B637". 7" long

Pencil, London & North Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; blue, marked "V ^ R A.W. FABER CIVIL SERVICE". 7" long

Pencil

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Approx 110mm long, with metal holder for pencil lead; pierced with Stanhope lens.

Ivory pencil holder for microphotograph

Photographic Technology

Pencil; painted dark brown and marked in silver "NER 4644". 7" long.

Pencil, North Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; unused, brown. "Great Eastern Railway. J.W. Guttknecht, Bavaria". 7" long

Pencil, Great Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil, unused, brown. "Great Eastern Railway" J.W. Guttknecht, Bavaria. 7" long

Pencil, Great Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Yellow pencil, chinagraph, part of blood transfusion apparatus originally thought to be designed by Geoffrey Keynes, but believed to be designed by Oswald Hope Robertsonduring the 1st World War and made by the General Surgical Co. Ltd., 1914-1918

Pencil, part of blood transfusion kit

Therapeutics

Pencil; yellow with silver markings "LNER 4644". 7" long

Pencil, London & North Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

H lead pencil, painted green,1977.

Lead H Berol Pencil, 1977

Printing & Writing

1977

Pencil, London Midland & Scottish Railway, brown pencil marked in silver "L.M.S. EPO.90260/4. HB". Overall: 147 mm x 5 mm.

L.M.S. EPO.90260/4 HB

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1923-1948

Pencil; unused, brown "Great Eastern Railway B.B B.S. Cohen London", 7" long.

Pencil, Great Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; unused, brown. "Great Eastern Railway B.B B.S. Cohen London". 7" long

Pencil, Great Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; unused, "Great Eastern Railway B.B B.S. Cohen, London", 7" long.

Pencil, Great Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil, wooden, Midland Railway, sharpened, Stamped "MIDLAND RAILWAY H.B. MADE IN U.S. A.". 6 1/2" long

Wooden pencil, Midland Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil, North Eastern Railway. Dark brown with silver lettering "NER No 4643". 7" long.

Pencil, North Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; wooden lead, marked "Caledonian Railway"

Wooden lead Pencil, Caledonian Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; painted yellow with silver markings "LN & ER 4644". 7" long

Pencil, London & North Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; dark brown wood with silver marking "London & North Eastern Railway No 633". 7" long

Wooden pencil, London & North Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil, Great Northern Railway, mauve, unsharpened, marked in silver "No73 Hard Mephisto Copying, made by L & C Hardtmuth CZECHOL-SLAVAKIA"; : 7 in (177.8 mm)

Pencil, Great Northern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; brown pencil marked "Great Northern Railway Office", manufactured by J.W. Guttkneght, Bavaria.

Pencil, Great Northern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil, brown, unused, "Great Eastern Railway B.B B.S. Cohen London". 7" long.

Pencil, Great Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Lead pencil, painted red,1977.

Lead Berol Pencil, 1977

Printing & Writing

1977

4H Lead pencil, Mottled green and white painted, 1977

4H Pead Berol Pencil, 1977

Printing & Writing

1977

caustic pencil in wooden case, from medicine chest, used by Livingstone on his last journey, 1874

Caustic pencil from medicine chest, used by Livingstone in 1874

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1861-1874

HB pencil, used by Flight Lieutenant Edmund Bell, Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

HB Pencil

Aeronautics

1939-1945

Kodak retouching outfit for negatives. It has a retailers label with details of Hoare the camera people Derby. HB refillable pencil (Johann Faber) with wooden tube containing five spare leads; in original box.

Kodak Retouching outfit for negatives

Photographic Technology

1920

Lead pencil, painted blue,1977

Lead Berol Pencil, 1977

Printing & Writing

1977

Pencil, Pullman Car Company, black pencil marked in silver "FIRST CLASS PULLMAN" and depicting Pullman coat-of-arms. Overall: 160 mm x 7 mm.

Pencil - Pullman Car Company

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; unused, yellow, marked "Great Eastern Railway". 7" long

Pencil, Great Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil, wooden, six-sided, marked in gold "VMRA. W. FABER HHHHHH". 7" long

Wooden pencil

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; thick wooden pencil with lead, unused, Stamped "MIDLAND RAILWAY" " 186 American Pencil Co. N.Y. ROYAL". 7" long

Wooden lead pencil, Midland Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil; grey mottled colour, unsharpened, marked in silver "VENUS Hard-Copying American Pencil co. 168", Great Northern Railway. 7" long

Pencil, Great Northern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Pencil part of a kit branded CerviKit by Cellpath. Similar kits for conventional (dry) smear tests were used in hospitals until 2003

CellPath branded Pencil

Clinical Diagnosis

1960-2003

Pencil, 'lead' contained in paper roll, unwound by pulling thread.

Eastman Spotting Pencil

Photographic Technology

Pencil; unused, yellow. "Great Eastern Railway. Made in U.S.A.". 7" long

Pencil, Great Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories