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Pencil Holder
From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This silver pencil holder was owned by the Copp Family in Stonington, Connecticut from around 1775 until 1893. Writing implements were precious objects in the early colonies, and a pencil holder allowed the user to protect his hands if writing with bare lead, or use every last inch of a wooden pencil.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePencil Holder. National Museum of American History, Gift of John Brenton Copp. CC0.
