This mechanical pencil was made after a pencil from the possession of Goethe. The pencil is depicted on a copperplate engraving by Carl August Schwerdgeburth. Pencils with such a mechanical function were a world first. They were initially made in England in 1825.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe preferred writing with a pencil because the "buzzing and squirting" of the pen could inhibit his train of thought and "stifle a small product in birth," as he relates in "Dichtung und Wahrheit."
The original of the mechanical pencil can be viewed in the Goethe National Museum in Weimar.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832

Our brass replica has a silver-coloured, tin-plated surface with patination. The pencil is designed in such a way that you can refill it with modern customary pencil leads (diameter 0.7 mm).

This mechanical pencil was made after a pencil from the possession of Goethe. The pencil is depicted on a copperplate engraving by Carl August Schwerdgeburth. Pencils with such a mechanical function were a world first. They were initially made in England in 1825.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe preferred writing with a pencil because the "buzzing and squirting" of the pen could inhibit his train of thought and "stifle a small product in birth," as he relates in "Dichtung und Wahrheit."
The original of the mechanical pencil can be viewed in the Goethe National Museum in Weimar.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832

Our brass replica has a silver-coloured, tin-plated surface with patination. The pencil is designed in such a way that you can refill it with modern customary pencil leads (diameter 0.7 mm).

The model for this glass stems from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's private collection and can be viewed today in the Goethe National Museum in Weimar. Goethe probably brought this drinking glass along from one of his journeys to Bohemia. Replicas like this are still made today in traditional handwork in Bohemia and Thuringia.

Height of glass 9,5 cm