Near Full Half Gross Box of Reliance Ravenwood Hexagon 1080 Medium No 2 Pencils James Thrall Soby In this case the object-hood

In this case the object-hood that the glass plate gives to the image seems just right

Super mid-century feeling in its shape and palette

Very early 20th century I would guess

focusing on the presentation of illusions--like this card trick--that he had devised

Near Full Half Gross Box of Reliance Ravenwood Hexagon 1080 Medium No 2 Pencils James Thrall Soby In this case the object-hoodFew things feel as purely good to me as a big box of unsharpened yellow pencils. Pure potential, and just beautiful things. I really love the c. 1950s graphics on the box holding this near half gross of (mostly) Reliance Pen and Pencil Co. Ravenwood 1080 No. 2 Hexagon pencils, too. The few odd ones mixed in (pictured) are a few Wallace "Swift" No 2 pencils, one Hammett's Kendall, and one Venus Forum No. 3. Some of the Ravenswoods are still held, by