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Gold Pencil
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Gold Pencil

Artist/Culture
Datemid-1800s
Mediumgold pencil with round red stone set over lead compartment
Dimensions8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineBequest of Stephen Salisbury III
Terms
Object number1907.508
Descriptiongold pencil, not retractable, with round red stone set over lead compartment, inscribed: "S.S. Jr. from C.F." (Stephen Salisbury II from Catherine Flint)
ProvenancePurchased through Jones, Shreve, Brown & Co., Boston; Bequest of Stephen Salisbury III to the Worcester Art Museum, 1905.
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