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WRITING IMPLEMENT

Object Name

Fountain Pen

Place Made

Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast

Description

Black pen with traces of dried blood on the nib. This pen was used to sign the Ulster Covenant in the blood of its owner. It belonged to Major Fred Crawford, who would go on to mastermind the Unionist gun-running of April 1914.

Materials

vulcanite

Date Collected

1953
1953

Catalogue Number

BELUM.O216.1953

Copyright

National Museums NI