Graphic Designer's Pencil Box

Object/Artifact

Windham Textile and History Museum

A weathered metal box with a distressed texture sits on a plain white surface.

Name/Title

Graphic Designer's Pencil Box

Entry/Object ID

2025.94.3

Description

A heavily scratched metal pencil box containing a number of pencils and other tools used by graphic designers. Included are: -Two erasers, one marked R.G.T., the other for use with both ink and pencil -Six pen nibs in varying styles -Two utility knife blades -A non photo blue pencil. These were developed around the turn of the 20th century when it was realized that certain shades of blue did not show up in photographs. They are used to make rough sketches which can be drawn over in standard pencil, and which do not show up on further photographs or photocopies. -A compass -Various leads for mechanical pencils including a blue lead -A small cannister of compass leads

Collection

General Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pencil

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Devices

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Location

* Untyped Location

Archives U1-C-6

Date

September 7, 2025

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found Object

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

September 7, 2025

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

September 14, 2025