Item number: X16

Year: AD 1897

Material: Silver

Size: 322.0 x 6.6 x 6.6 mm

Weight: 31.15 g

Provenance: Private Collector, USA, 2024

This is a 12-inch telescopic ruler pencil crafted from silver, capable of adjusting to three different lengths: 4, 8, and 12 inches. Designed for architectural draughting, the ruler includes an integrated pencil tip, allowing architects to draw and record directly. The top is engraved with the elegant monogram logo of the manufacturer, “OTIS.”

One side of the ruler pencil is engraved with “STERLING,” indicating its silver composition, along with the manufacturing date “JANY. 19. 1897” (January 19, AD 1897). The other side bears the name of its owner, “J.Y. McCarter.” According to related records, Mr. McCarter was an architect active between AD 1912 and AD 1970, based in Vancouver, Canada. Several of McCarter’s architectural works can still be found on the streets of Vancouver today.

物件編號: X16

年代: 公元 1897 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 322.0 x 6.6 x 6.6 mm

重量: 31.15 g

來源: 美國私人收藏 2024

這是一支以銀打造而成的12英吋伸縮尺筆，長度得以有三段變化，分別是4、8和12英寸等長度。這一支用以建築設計的伸縮尺，還附有鉛筆頭得以直接供建築師作圖和紀錄。頂端則鐫刻著製造商「OTIS」的優美花押商標。

尺筆的其中一側鐫刻「STERLING」(銀) 標示材質和出廠日期「JANY.19.1897」(公元1897年1月19日)。另一邊則刻上所有人的名字「J.Y. MC. CARTER」，根據相關的資料，這位卡特先生是一名活躍於公元1912至1970年，以加拿大溫哥華為據點的建築師，至今在溫哥華的街道上仍能找到卡特的建築作品。