MAGNET
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PERMANENT ENSEMBLE
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- CHROME, STEEL, WOOD, LEATHERETTE
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116163
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PERMANENT ENSEMBLE
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- CHROME, STEEL, WOOD, LEATHERETTE
- No. Pieces
- 6
- Height
- 2.7
- Length
- 16.1
- Width
- 6.2
- Description
- WOOD CASE HAS BLUE LEATHERETTE COVERING WHICH IS WORN AND PEELING OFF THE BACK. CASE ALSO HAS STEEL HINGES ON BACK AND TRIANGLE LOOP CLASPS ON FRONT. TOP OF CASE HAS "MARTIN - PERMANENT ENSEMBLE" EMBOSSED IN SILVER COLOR. BOTTOM HAS "MADE IN GERMANY" IN RELIEF. INSIDE OF CASE HAS BLACK FELT LINING WITH SILVER COLORED LETTERING "MARTIN - PERMANENT ENSEMBLE". BOTTOM HAS FORMED LINING FOR PENCIL AND FOUR TIPS. PENCIL IS CYLINDRICAL CHROME PLATED PIECE WITH THREADED END AND POWERFUL MAGNETIC PULL. STAMPED INTO SIDE OF PENCIL IS "MARTIN GERMANY". FOUR TIPS ARE ALSO CHROME PLATED AND HAVE THREADED SCREW ENDS. EACH HAS DIFFERENT SHAPE -ONE HAS FLAT HEAD, ANOTHER IS CONICAL, A THIRD HAS NARROW SHAFT AND THE LAST IS NARROW SHAFT WHICH IS CURVED. ONE HINGE ON BACK OF CASE HAS COME LOOSE. LEATHERETTE IS WORN ON CORNERS OF CASE. LETTERING ON FELT IS WORN AS WELL.
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- MAGNETIC PENCIL WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116163
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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