Dip pen handle and box

Object/Artifact

Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Dip pen handle and box

Entry/Object ID

2024.04.77

Description

6x1x0.5 inch white paperboard box that contains the handle portion of a dip ink pen. The pen has a gold ferrule with an engraved checkerboard pattern and a white, iridescent, mother of pearl-look handle. The nib, the pointed part of the pen that distributes the ink onto the paper, is missing. The nib could have been shaped from the shaft of a bird's feather since the items is described as an "Old Quill Pen" on a tag in the box.

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.04

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

Item recorded as temporary custody 164.1 in 2002

Dimensions

Length

4-3/4 in

Diameter

1/4 in

Location

* Untyped Location

Sec 1E Shelf S30

Create Date

August 19, 2024

Update Date

August 20, 2024