A set of circa 1920s English art school geometric drawing models, made from turned and cut hardwood with an aged patina. 10 classic Platonic and Euclidean forms. These pieces would have been used for architectural and technical drawing instruction. Handmade with pencil guide lines and tool marks still visible, each model is neatly inscribed in ink with 'E.M. Bartlett', indicating they were crafted and owned by the same design student. Please see photos and condition description.
Size: The cylinder is 8.5cms tall, the cone is 7.5cms tall, the cube is 7.5cms wide for scale (approximately).
Condition: Colour variation between the shapes (the cube and cylinder are made from much darker wood and each piece has a slightly different patina. Some tool marks, indentations, pencil lines from fabrication. Some shape imperfections and irregularities. General light surface wear; chips, scuffs, scratches, rubbed, blunted corners and edges, light marks and pencil marks. Each piece is neatly inscribed in ink. Please see photos.
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