Communication Equipment, Stationery and Art Supplies
| Item and Description | Weight | US Price | UK Price | |||||
| Artist’s Supplies:
Oil Colors, 2 oz tubes, each |
0.05 | 0/2 | ||||||
| Watercolors, common colors, 1 oz cakes, each | 0.25 | 1/0 | ||||||
| Watercolors, special colors, 1 oz cakes, each | 0.54
– 1.30 |
2/2 – 5/4 | ||||||
| Canvas, Primed, on stretchers | ||||||||
| 9” x 15” |
0.40 |
1/8 | ||||||
| 22” x 36” |
1.35 |
5/7 | ||||||
| 40” x 54” |
3.25 |
13/5 | ||||||
| Palette, Mahogany or Walnut, oval or square |
0.25 |
1/0 | ||||||
| Palette Knife, 3 “, each |
0.20 |
0/10 | ||||||
| Brushes, Bristle, No.1 – No.12, each
Used for oil paints, the stiff bristles making it easy to push the thick paint around. |
0.05 – 0.09 |
0/3 – 0/5 | ||||||
Brushes, Red Sable, No.1 – No.9, each
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0.09 – 0.35 |
0/5 – 1/6 | ||||||
| Charcoal, Artist’s, medium thickness, 1 box |
0.12 |
0/6 |
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| Clay, Plasticine, 1 lb |
0.25 |
1/0 |
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| Pencils, 5 grades from HH to BB, box of 6 assorted |
0.36 |
1/6 |
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| Easel, Combination Sketching and Seat, portable A popular easel for outdoor work. Folds into a portable package. |
2.90 |
12/0 |
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| Easel, Sketching |
0.75 |
3/1 |
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| Easel, Studio Polished oak, screw elevating movement can raise canvas up to 6’. |
16.00 |
66/0 |
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| Sketch Board, Cavalry Small sketch board and scale that straps to the left forearm so that drawings can be made while mounted. Brass rollers and clamps keep the paper stretched tight and flat – paper is supplied by a pair of rollers. Ruler is graduated in yards with scales of 3” and 8” to the mile. Includes a waterproof canvas case with shoulder strap. |
6.65 |
27/6 |
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| Sketchbook, 9” x 11”, hardbound, canvas cover, each |
0.75 |
3/1 |
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| Tracing Paper, 20” x 30”, one sheet |
0.03 |
0/1 |
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| Oil Paint Set, Complete Japanned tin box, 13” x 9” x 3”, 25 tubes oil colors, 6 bristle brushes, 3 sable brushes, 2 ‘brights’ bristle brushes, 1 badger-hair blender, 1 bottle each of pale dryer, poppy oil, and spirits of turpentine. Palette knife, mahogany palette, 3 sticks of charcoal and holder. | 8 lbs |
6.00 |
24/9 |
| Watercolor Box Enameled tin tray with cover; 21 colors, 1 tube of Chinese white, and 3 brushes. |
0.85 |
3/6 |
| Blackboard, portable 3’ x 6’, slated on both sides. |
2.75 |
11/4 |
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| Blackboard Eraser |
0.08 |
0/4 |
|
| Blotter, Hand Blotter, 3 ” x 5 “, oak |
0.14 |
0/7 |
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| Blotter, Hand Blotter, Embossed Silver 3” x 5” |
3.75 |
15/6 |
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| Blotting Pads, Desk, 19” x 24”, leather corners |
0.30 |
1/3 |
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| Blotting Paper, 19” x 24”, per sheet |
0.05 |
0/2 |
|
| Blotting Paper, for hand blotters, 18 sheets 9” x 11” |
0.04 |
0/8 |
|
| Book, Blank Quarto sized (8” x 10”), slate gray duck covers with Russian leather corners and spine. 100 pages. |
1.70 |
7/0 |
|
| Book, Blank Quarto sized, full-bound in sheep, Russian leather corners and spine; embossed. 500 pages. |
16.00 |
66/0 |
|
| Book, Blank, miniature Octavo sized (4” x 7”), bound in red leather. 200 pages |
0.50 |
3/1 |
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| Book, Drawing, 9” x 12”, 15 pages; each page separated by tissue; heavy covers. |
0.07 |
0/3 |
|
| Carbon Paper, 100 sheets
8 ” x 11”, used primarily when typing for creating duplicates. |
2.50 |
10/4 |
|
| Chalk Crayons, white, 1 gross | 2 lbs |
0.05 |
0/2 |
| Chalk Crayons, Colored, 1 gross assorted colors | 2 lbs |
0.30 |
1/3 |
| Clip board |
0.34 |
1/5 |
|
| Envelopes, white, 250 |
0.30 |
1/3 |
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| Eraser, Ink, Steel A 6” long scalpel-like knife with a steel blade and ebony handle, used to carefully scrape away the ink. |
0.40 |
1/8 |
|
| Eraser, Pencil, Rubber, per dozen
By E. Faber – bevel point, oblong rubber eraser. |
0.09 |
0/5 |
|
| Eraser, Typewriter, each
A round rubber eraser with attached brush. |
0.09 |
0/5 |
|
| Fountain Pen, steel nib This pen is not self-filling; ink is loaded into the pen using an eyedropper. Leaks are not uncommon. |
0.35 |
1/6 |
|
| Item and Description | Weight | US Price | UK Price |
| Ink, Fountain Pen, blue-black, 4oz bottle with dropper |
0.17 |
0/9 |
|
| Ink, India, indelible black, 4oz |
0.20 |
0/10 |
|
| Inkstand, Glass, w/ metal screw cap |
0.07 |
0/3 |
|
| Inkstand Maroon finished iron base with rope-pattern crystal pen holder and two inkwells; fancy iron caps. |
0.50 |
2/1 |
|
| Inkstand, Traveler’s Polished lignum vitae wood with screw top; leakage is impossible. |
0.12 |
0/6 |
|
| Inkstand, Traveler’s, Silver “Mordan’s Silver Safety Traveller’s Ink Bottle”. Silver body and cap, bayonet action. |
14.97 |
20/6 |
|
| Marking Pencil, Indelible, 4”, 1 dozen per box
Available in blue, black, red, or assorted. Marks will not rub or wash off. |
0.25 |
1/0 |
| Mucilage, 12 oz bottle Water-soluble glue used for bonding paper. |
0.13 |
0/6 |
| Note Paper, with envelopes, pack of 25
Superfine heavy cream paper. |
0.17 |
0/9 |
| Note Paper, Mourning, with envelopes, 5 quires (120 sheets)
Heavy gray paper, black border. |
1.75 |
7/4 |
| Paper, fine note paper, linen, unruled, ream (125 pages) |
0.30 |
1/3 |
| Paper Knife, Wooden |
0.08 |
0/4 |
| Paper Knife, Ivory, 8” |
0.42 |
1/9 |
| A sharper version of a ‘letter opener’, and a necessity as most newspapers and even some books were sold with the paged ‘uncut’, and the edges had to be slit before reading. | ||
| Pen, 16k gold nib, gold-filled and twisted pearl slide holder |
1.75 |
7/4 |
| Pen Holders, fancy spiral fluted aluminum, each |
0.20 |
0/10 |
| Pen Holders, polished cedar wood, each |
0.03 |
0/1 |
| Pen Holders, “The Bank Pen Holder”, each
Long tapered handle of polished cedar wood, with cork finger grip. |
0.06 |
0/3 |
| Pen Knife In the early part of the century, when quill pens were still common, this was an indispensable tool – a knife with a small, curved blade used for trimming quills. By the end of the century when feather quills had mostly been replaced by metal pen nibs, it was more useful as a small, folding pocketknife. It usually had between two and four blades: a pen blade, a small drop-point blade or two, and an eraser blade for scraping away ink marks. |
0.85+ |
3/6+ |
| Pen Nibs, 10k Gold (#5 long nib) |
0.65 |
2/8 |
| Pen Nibs, steel, 1 dozen |
0.07 |
0/3 |
| Pencil, Dixon “Secretary”, per dozen Hexagonal wood, #2 or 3 lead, with nickeled tip and rubber eraser. |
0.35 |
1/6 |
| Pencils, Colored, Dixon, per box 7” long – box contains six colors. Suitable for map drawing, teaching, artists, etc. |
0.40 |
1/8 |
| Pencil, Sliding Vest Pocket Pencil Nickel-plated telescoping tube pencil holder fitted with a round cedar pencil. 3” closed. |
0.04 |
0/2 |
| Pencil Sharpener Polished solid brass barrel and fine steel cutting blade. |
0.15 |
0/8 |
| Postage Stamp Box Fancy nickel-plated box with ball catch. Gilt, silvered, or oxidized finishes available for same price. |
0.08 |
0/4 |
| Printing Press, Large, Self-Inking Prints a form 6” x 9”. A complete set, including 7 fonts, oil can, and all necessary requisites. |
29.90 |
£ 6/3/3 |
| Printer’s Ink, Black, 2 oz can |
0.10 |
0/5 |
| Printer’s Ink, Colored, 2 oz can
Available in blue, purple, green, red, and yellow. |
0.20 |
0/10 |
| Printer’s Gold Sizing, 2 oz can |
0.20 |
0/10 |
| Printer’s Bronzing Powders, Gold or Silver, 1 oz can
Metallic effects are done by printing with sizing (an adhesive), then sprinkling with bronzing powder. |
0.20 |
0/10 |
| Red Tape, Solicitor’s, 1 packet
Red cloth tape used for binding government documents. |
0.26 |
1/1 |
| Rubber Bands, assorted sized, 4oz box |
0.25 |
1/0 |
| Ruler, wooden, 15” long |
0.04 |
0/2 |
| Scratch Pads, lined, pack of 10
5” x 8”, lined, 72 sheets per pad. |
0.30 |
1/3 |
| Sealing Stamp, Initial, 2 ” diameter |
0.10 |
0/5 |
| Sealing Wax Tapers, red, colored, or black, pack of 3 Red wax is used for official correspondence. Black is for mourning, and other colors for personal correspondence. |
0.26 |
1/1 |
| Slates, Silicate Book Slates, each
6” x 9”, 6 surfaces. Use with a Slate Pencil. |
0.35 |
1/6 |
| Slate Pencil, each Pure aluminum point in an enameled handle. Used for marking on prepared stone slates. |
0.04 |
0/2 |
| Item and Description | Weight |
US Price |
UK Price |
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| Slate Sponge, each
Used to clean the slate pencil markings off of a slate. |
0.08 |
0/4 |
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| Spindle, Desk
Iron spindle with black lacquered iron base. |
0.07 |
0/3 |
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| Tablets, Pencil, lined, pack of 12
5” x 8”, permanent-bound, with perforated pages, 72 sheets per pad. |
0.32 |
1/4 |
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| Tape, Music Repair, Paper, Gummed, 1 roll
” transparent paper tape, gummed. |
0.02 |
0/1 |
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| Tape, Music Repair, Linen Gummed, 1 roll
1-1/8” transparent linen tape, gummed. |
0.04 |
0/2 |
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| Telegraph Equipment: | 2.00 | 8/3 | ||
| Telegraph Key, high grade
Steel lever, solid trunion desk key. |
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| Telegraph Sounder
20 ohm resistance for main line use on lines pf up to 15 miles. |
2.50 | 10/4 | ||
| Telegraph Learner’s Set, “The Ajax” A complete set: key, sounder, working battery, and Manual of Telegraphy (complete instruction book). | 10 lbs | 10.00 | 2/2/0 | |
| Battery Jars, open cell, glass
Zinc Electrode Copper Electrode Blue Vitriol Insulators, glass, each Wire, galvanized iron #12 BB, ½ mile |
1 lbs |
0.25 |
1/0 |
| 1 lbs |
0.30 |
1/3 |
|
| 5 oz. |
0.20 |
0/10 |
|
| 1 lb |
0.09 |
0/4 |
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| – |
0.05 |
0/2 |
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| 85 lbs |
7.65 |
31/6 |
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| Telephone, “The Magneto Bell Telephone”, 2 each
Wall mounted. Suitable for private lines of any length. Set of 2 |
15 lbs |
35.00 |
£ 7/4/4 |
| Typewriter, “The American” An index typewriter – one moves a pointer to the desired letter and pushes a lever. Like most index typewriters, the text was not visible until another line has been typed | 4 lbs |
5.70 |
23/6 |
| Typewriter, “The Sun Visible Writing Machine” A keyboard typewriter – the text is visible on the platen roller as it was typed. The process of typing was also much faster than with an Index typewriter. | 10 lbs |
22.50 |
£ 4/12/9 |
| Typewriter Cleaning Brush |
0.20 |
0/10 |
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| Typewriter Oil, per bottle |
0.15 |
0/8 |
|
| Typewriter Paper, letter sized, 500 sheets |
1.50 |
6/2 |
|
| Typewriter Ribbon, black |
0.60 |
2/6 |
|
| Wafers, Gummed, box of 6 dozen
Round circles of gummed paper used for sealing letters in lieu of sealing wax and a stamp. |
0.03 |
0/1 |
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| Writing Case, leather “The Traveller” Solid leather fitted case with straps and double-action strap lock. Contains 3 large pockets for papers, envelope and card pockets, a writing pad with blotting paper under corners, a pocket for a travelling ink bottle, paper knife, and loops for pens. Quarto sized (12” x 9”). |
4.45 |
18/3 |