Pencil Sharpener, "Electro-Pointer"

Creator Name

Stile Craft Manufacturers, Inc.

Cultural Context

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Date

ca. 1930

About the work

Brooklyn Museum Object Description

Streamlined electric pencil sharpener (a) with removable shavings drawer (b) and detachable cord (c). (a) Body in molded black plastic attached to conforming metal base with screws; underside of base lined with rubber. From rectangular base with rounded back side, body rises to triangular fin-shaped hump with a generally vertical front side, a downward curving top, and all-over rounded and streamlined contours. Shallow molded horizontal ridge along front side about 1 ½" up from bottom edge continues and angles down around each side toward back where the side ridges rise to a point and meet in center forming a triangle; down the center of this triangle, a raised pointed rib runs to base. Another raised pointed rib runs down center ...

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Title

Pencil Sharpener, "Electro-Pointer"

Creator

Stile Craft Manufacturers, Inc., Manufacturer

Worktype

Tool

Cultural Context

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Material

Molded plastic, metal

Dimensions

5 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (14.9 x 9.2 x 21 cm)

Technique

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Language

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Date

ca. 1930

Provenance

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Style Period

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Rights

Creative Commons Attribution
Creative Commons-BY

Inscription

(1) On (a), affixed on bottom of base, rectangular white sticker printed in blue: "[in script] Electro-Pointer / [printed] PATENTED / SERIAL / NUMBER 18247 / BY / STILE CRAFT MFGRS., INC. / 1825 MACKLIND AVE. / ST. LOUIS 10, MO." (2) On (a), on metal plate riveted to inside of body underneath drawer, molded: "STILE CRAFT / MFRS. INC. / ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI / MODEL [blank space] STYLE [blank space]" (3) On (b), affixed to proper right front of fillings drawer, round light yellow sticker printed in red: "[around outer edge] EMPTY THIS / DRAWER / [in center and framed by red ring] PULL"

Location

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Subject

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Topic

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