SLATE PENCILS (ANTIQUE SET OF FOUR)
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Antique set of four pencils
(Second-hand items)
Portugal
A set of four pencils made of natural slate from Portugal. Slate pencils were used to write on a slate in schools before paper and exercise books were readily available.
Slate pencils were in use in the 19thcentury and still used in some UK schools as late as the 1930s. They are thinner than a lead pencil. These examples are partially wrapped in coloured patterned paper.
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Size: 11 centimetres long
Weight: 20 grams