Victorian Pencils: Tools to Jewels by Deborah Crosby
Tools to Jewels is a groundbreaking study of the development of mechanical and metal-cased pencils in the 19th century. Illustrated with more than 700 color photographs, the book provides examples of the extraordinary variety of propelling pencils that were created between 1800 and 1920. Upon seeing the photographs of the exquisite pencils in the book, the reader will be struck by the ingenuity of the inventors and creators of this (until now) forgotten form of decorative art.
From metal-cased pencils that are more elegantly practical to "magic" pencils that are more whimsical than functional, this book follows the progress of the mechanical pencil as it evolves from a usable tool to something more akin to jewelry than a writing implement. 224 pages.
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