My sister disinterred these pencils when packing up my parents house. I guess they belonged to my mum? I had thought they were just ordinary pencils but it turns out they are water soluble and changed from grey to mauve when I added water. A Wikipedia page tells me they are indelible pencils with dye added to the lead (hence the dominant colour in my sketch) so that a copy could be made of a handwritten document. It seems people stopped using these in the 1930’s …so in fact they probably belonged to my grandparents!
Wed-23-Jul-2025
What a find! And i think this is my favoutite drawing so far 😃
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That is so cool. I would love to come across a family heirlooms I’m such as this. But alas, I cannot find an artist in the bunch.
That’s a pity. Yeah today I found out they used to belong to my grandparents. Think I’ll keep them instead of sketch with them