Crayon Mengin - 20 centimes le Crayon - Fg St Martin
Hommage à l'Inventeur - A Paris

Mengin's Pencil - 20 centimes the Pencil - Fg St Martin
A tribute to the Inventor - In Paris
Brass round, 23 mm

Crayon Mengin - 20 centimes le Crayon - 170 rue du Fg St Martin
Hommage à l'Inventeur - A Paris

Mengin's Pencil - 20 centimes the Pencil - 170 rue du Fg St Martin
A tribute to the Inventor - In Paris
Brass round, 24 mm

Mengin (or Mangin) : Tradesman of pencil, very famous for his talents of barkers and conjuror's tours that he made with his pencils. One finds traces of this person in numerous texts of the second half of the XIX-th century (Grand Larousse Universel,Fournel,Deguignet, Offenbach...).

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