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Stylus

Findspot: 
Whitefriar's, Coventry
Period: 
Date: 
1547 - 1558

This object was found during excavations at Coventry Free Grammar School (1547-1558). Students used the pointed end of the stylus to write on wax tablets and the other end as an eraser.

Collection information

Collection: 
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
Accession No: 
AR.1986.11.291

Exhibition details

Catalogue number: 
62

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