Dixon Society Pencils
2 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in.
Object Type:
Artist's Material
Medium and Support:
lead on cardboard
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum;
Object among those contained in the large wood supply box. Small rectangular cardboard box, exterior covered in a metallic gold, celadon and purple marbled paper. A shallow, removeable tray fits inside of the exterior cover which containes 9 small, very thin pencils, roughly 4.25" in length. Pencils are assorted colors - red, blue, and green. Embossed gold lettering on one side which reads - Dixon's Society 477, Made in USA. Each pencil has a small carved ivory or resin decorative topper, one topper is detached from a red pencil. All the pencils are shapened.