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Object numberDM162/5/15

TitleDrawing instruments in Mahogany Box

DescriptionMahogany box inscribed ‘Henry Brunel’ containing: Top drawer: 10 drawing instruments; 3 pen nibs; 1 paint brush nib[?]; 6 ink blocks[?]. Bottom drawer: 2 rulers inscribed ‘HENRY BRUNEL’ and ‘ELLIOTT 56 STRAND LONDON’; 1 wooden set square’; 1 box of paints’ 1 mixing box; 2 unidentified pieces of metal; 1 metal file inscribed ‘HEWLINS’; with key to box.

Production date 1836 - 1858

Object namedrawing instrument

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Materialwood, metal

Techniquemanufactured

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Credit lineBy Courtesy of the Brunel Institute – a collaboration of the ss Great Britain Trust and the University of Bristol

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