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Pencil sharpener

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1960-1980

GUSN

GUSN-19054

Description

Pencil sharpener; metal w/ black wooden knob on end of arm-like handle; attached to wall w/ screws.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pencil sharpeners
machine-made
metal
Unidentified Metal
Machine Made
SHARPENER, PENCIL

Inscription

Brass plate? on side: ""BOSTON/ PENCIL SHARPENER/ MODEL L""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.5 x 5 x 2.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1168

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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