Colour Stick

Production date
Mid 19th Century-Early 20th Century
 Description
A Prussian blue colour stick. It has a paper wrapping at one end with " Carrington " handwritten in black ink on one side. It has been used. " REEVES & SONS / LONDON " is moulded on one side of stick itself with a small motif of a dog above the letters "PRUS " on the other.
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Manufacturer
Production date
Mid 19th Century-Early 20th Century
Production place
England/London
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Classification
Written Communication T&E/T&E For Communication
Credit line
This colour stick belonged to one of the Carrington brothers, who were all well known early New Plymouth surveyors. When added to water a colour stick produced an ink like substance used to colour maps.
Accession number
TM2001.190
Collection type
Surveying
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