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Drawing Instruments
Signed by Bartholomew Newsum
circa 1570; London
Gilt brass; 198 x74 x 74 mm

This is the earliest known set of drawing instruments in their original case; it was made by Bartholomew Newsum, clockmaker to Elizabeth I.

All the sides of the box are finely engraved with representations of War, Peace, Poverty and Abundance, and all the instruments are elegantly decorated.

British Museum, London
Registration no. MLA 1912, 2-8.1

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