Title: Antique Ivory & Steel Ruling Pen Drafting Accessory Industrial Tool
Catalog Number: 4509
Category: Bone / Tools
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Historical Period: 19th Century
Approximate Date: 1870 to 1920
Signature: Unsigned
Condition: Museum Quality
Size:
Height: 5-3/4
Width: 1/4 of a inch
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Description & Provenance: 🔥 Note, if any material is found to be questionable after a thorough examination and a determination that it might violate existing legal regulations, it is important to emphasize that Busacca Gallery would be prohibited from selling or distributing such material in compliance with current laws. It should be noted that Busacca Gallery's ability to make such determinations relies on the physical and careful execution of comprehensive testing and meticulous scrutiny by scholarly experts well-versed in the relevant subject matter. The description represents a simple story and opinion with the intention of stimulating conversation and providing education through its historical narrative. Busacca Gallery diligently endeavors to adhere to legal regulations and apologizes for any misrepresentations or confusion. For any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us. 415-215-6533 🎯 Stainless steel ruling pen with ivory handle c. 1890s. This is a antique drawing drafting pen with an ivory Decoration handle. Valuing these antique and collectible drafting ( or draughtsman’s) pens and the associated plan drawing accessories is a rather complex subject. These old ones are just hard to find. especially those of student quality, can still be bought inexpensively at general collectors fairs and flea-market stalls. But the earliest examples, early boxed sets and those with interesting features and adaptable further attachments and with hinged joint adjustments have become rather costly and very rare. This is one of the most handsome ruling pens we've ever owned. It is made of ivory and steel. This pen most likely was manufactured some time around the 1890s to 1910. (the tips of the pen are steel). The screw is for adjusting the thickness of the drawn lines and is in excellent condition. The ivory is gorgeous, and is nicely turned at the very tip. There is some india ink residue on the pen, which adds to its charm. This would be an unusual gift for the illustrator or artist on your list...don't miss out!
Origin, Encyclopedia & Researched Articles:
Encyclopedia Name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruling_pen
A ruling pen is a vintage drawing instrument for drawing with ink or with other drawing fluids.
A ruling pen contains ink in a slot between two flexible metal jaws, which are tapered to a point. It enables precise rendering of the thinnest lines. The line width can be adjusted by an adjustment screw connecting the jaws. The adjustment screw can optionally have a number dial.
Originally used for technical drawings in engineering and cartography together with straight rulers and with french rulers, it is today used for specific uses, such as picture framing or calligraphy.
Verbal History:
These were specifically high quality draughtsman’s line ruling pens of different sizes of adjustable line drawing widths, these were the best instruments and usually had hard tungsten metal points.
The skill of the technical illustrator, the draughtsman, the draughtswoman, the cartographer, the engineer or the architect, or for the drawing up of electronic circuitry diagrams.
From the earliest mental concept of any inventive idea formed for the purpose of building and further developing, for the making of such as an engineered prototype model, or for the industrial factory mass production of a functional product built to fulfil whatever is required.
Taken from the initially pencilled on paper sketches drawn to portray the visualised image of the object to be built, detailed preliminary plan layout drawings have to be formed at an appropriate scale size by the draughtsperson.
During the booming years throughout the revolutionary period of industrial productivity the apprentice trained skilled draughtsman was at the peak of his profession, regarded as being a person of professional status.
The employment opportunities within this field of occupation were then enormous, as also was the stress factor of the job, there was always a ‘deadline’ for the drawings to be finished, which usually was the day before the draughtsman had been given the job, needed by yesterday.
It appears that today the drawing work that would have taken a draughtsperson a full week to complete, can be done on a computer in a matter of minutes, with multiple copies printed out by a laser printing machine or plotter.
The prime era of that highly skilled field of profession has long ago ceased to be. Only a minority of struggling small size companies may employ a skeletal staff for such drawing work, freehand drawing work, if needed, is generally undertaken by an independent self employed draughtsman.
The once expensive and cared for extensive range of high quality drafting instruments used in the hey-day of the draughtsman’s profession have become another of today’s collectibles.
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