mechanical pencil, Caran d'Ache, 1994

mechanical pencil, Caran d'Ache, 1994 is held by Kulturen, dated 1994. Museum description: Hexagonal metal pen, black. White text: Caran d'Ache, fabricatoin Suisse, No 77 and three fish.

For 2 mm graphite lead. Lead is present.; KM 85318 Mechanical pencil. 1 pc. Metal. Plastic. Machine-made. Hexagonal metal pen, black. White text: Caran d'Ache, fabricatoin Suisse, No 77 and three fish. For 2 mm graphite lead. Lead is present. Make Caran d'Ache, model 77. Manufactured ca. 1960s–1980s. Length 16 cm, width 0.8 cm. From Ingeborg Hammarskjöld-Reiz architectural office, Lund, active 1945–1994. Gift of Anders Reiz, Maltgatan 2, Veberöd.; No 77, Caran d'Ache; 1915-; At handover, the mechanical pencil was on the drawing board.

In 1945, Ingeborg Hammarskjöld-Reiz opened her own architectural office on Stora Gråbrödersgatan, Lund, which remained active until her death in 1994. The office grew rapidly in size; in the 1960s there were about 10–15 employees. For a period there was also a branch in Malmö. Activity decreased The museum record gives material recorded as plastic; metal; measurements Width 0.8 cm; Length 16 cm; place associated: Switzerland; Geneva, Thônex; maker recorded: Caran d'Ache.

These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.