Description

An early and small mathematics and writing set made of silver and fitted with an inkwell in its lower part.

The small cylindrical case measures 12 cm in height. Made of wood but mounted in silver and covered with black leather, it contains small mathematical and writing instruments including: a small pair of dividers, a half-king foot or folding rule, an ink point, a pencil point; a third point has lost its silver element.

This small set bears three hallmarks, including a fleur-de-lis, very similar to the hallmarks for Paris from the late 17th or early 18th century, no later than 1722.