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Compass, Pencil

Object number2014.93.18

Manufacturer B. K. Elliott Company

Date1926-1991

OriginGermany

MediumMetal/Graphite

Credit LineGift of Kenneth R. Bauer

DescriptionMetal drafting pencil compass. Top has post handle and circle from which two arms emanate. One of the arms ends with a piece of graphite and the other arm ends in a point. Each arm has an adjusting knob at the end. The middle of the arms is intersected by a horizontal threaded bar with a wheel at the center; this bar/wheel adjusts the width of the compass arms.Dimensions1.25 x 0.438 x 4.125 in. (3.2 x 1.1 x 10.5 cm)
MarksInscribed text on the side of the arm with the pointed end "B.K. ELLIOTT Co. / GERMANY"; there is another faint "GERMANY" under the first.
Historical NotesPart of a collection of jeweler's tools that belonged to donor Kenneth R. Bauer's father Ed Bauer. Ed Bauer was born in 1910 and lived in Brentwood and Mount Oliver boroughs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ed began working for the I. Eiseman and Sons Jewelers at age 16 in 1926. The company was located in the Fulton building but eventually moved to the Clark building. Bauer bought the company in 1936 with a Mr. Mutschler, and they ran it together until 1966 under the name Bauer & Mutschler Jewelry Manufacturing Company. That year Bauer bought out Mutschler and renamed the company F. J. Bauer Company and ran it until 1975. That year the donor bought the company and owned it until 1992. Bauer contracted with local jewelry retail businesses and repaired the jewelry that could not be fixed in-house. Ed Bauer continued to work for the company until 1991.

Previous owner Ed Bauer (born 1910)

Related institution F. J. Bauer Company

Related institution I. Eiseman and Sons Jewelers

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