Pencil Sharpener, circa 1900
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Artifact Overview
Inventors in the late-19th and early-20th centuries devised ways to sharpen pencils with a turn of a crank. Some sharpeners used turning blades; others used a spinning abrasive, like sandpaper or a steel file. The F. S. Webster Company manufactured this device that used still another way to create a pencil point -- a rotating milling disk.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Pencil sharpener
Date Made
circa 1900
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2005.121.105
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Constance & James Levi.
Material
Iron (Metal)
Wood (Plant Material)
Steel (Alloy)
Color
Black (Color)
Tan (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 4.5 in
Length: 6.25 in
Inscriptions
front of sharpener:
F.S. WEBSTER CO. / NEW YORK. / BOSTON. / CHICAGO.
back of sharpener:
F.S. WEBSTER CO. / BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. / PAT. JUNE 21, 1892 / MAY 1, 1900
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