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  • Pencil Sharpener
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Pencil sharpener ca. 1890
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Pencil Sharpener
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Pencil sharpener ca. 1890
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • gcihs-2014.285.2033
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Pencil Sharpener
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
Description:
Tool. Pencil sharpener. Wood base, arm, and support with metal file on base, metal teeth on arm, and metal handle at one end to clamp the sharpener to the table top. Pencil inserts through hole in wooden disk and is moved at an angle along the file. From Harold Stanley's house. Remains of text (instructions/manufacturer) on bottom barely visible. (Probably: Perfect Pencil Pointer Co., Portland Maine (to 1892), patented 1890 ~ advertised 1890-1913, Goodell Co., Antrim, NH (1892 on). (See: www.officemuseum.com/sharpener_gallery_1800s.htm and www.patented-antiques.com) [show more]