Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2008.004.175ab |
Object Name |
Case, Pencil |
Title |
Slate Pencil Box & Slate Pencils |
Lexicon category |
6: T&E For Communication |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Wooden pencil box (a) with sliding wooden top (b). Six pencil leads found inside. They all have a bluish colour. The rectangular pencil box has joinery corners. |
Provenance |
Unknown. Primary students in Ontario schools used items such as these in the 1920s. They were found in Southern Ontario. They were last owned by Orme and Dorene Kilburn of Stratford, Ontario, who collected vintage farm items. |
Collection |
School Equipment Collection |
Material |
Wood/Slate pencils |
Found |
Ontario |