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Retractable pencil
Retractable pencil in the shape of Nelson's Column. The lead is extended or retracted by the anchor slide on the 'column'. The pen is made of a silver-colour metal and has a yellow topaz in the base. At the top of the column is a figure in naval uniform, including a hat, stood on a base that has incised motifs. On one side is an anchor.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0725 |
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| Type: | Retractable pencil |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
| Date made: | 19th century (after 1843) |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 100 mm x 10 mm x 10 mm |
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