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Description: steel. japanned.
Date: late 19th c.
Item type: plumb bob

Description: Bitstock with a wrought iron ring repair around neck of chuck. straight sweep, unusually nice form due to carving at front of sweep.
Date: 18th c.
Item type: wooden bitstock

Description: some rust visible. point of bit not sharp.
Item type: twisted auger bit

Description: Pictured, unidentified group of men. Framed.
Date: late 19th c. [?]
Item type: framed photograph

Description: framed flags Associated with the reception of General U.S. Grant, Dec. 16, 1879: 2 flags, 3 ribbons, 6 pieces of notices. Framed (mahogany).
Date: 1879
Item type: framed flags, pennants and ribbons

Description: Steel blade, rosewood handle. Brass mitre and square edge. "D. Walker," owner's mark.
Item type: square

Date: late 19th C.
Item type: Auger

Item type: bits

Description: mahogany with brass fittings.
Item type: compass

Description: steel with wooden handles. conventional chuck. no legible maker's name.
Item type: bit brace

Description: Cast iron brand used for branding Company Windsor chairs. "CARPENTERS' CO."
Date: c. 1790
Item type: brand

Description: The check is engraved with the following: -The dates of the institution (1724) and incorporation (1790) of the C. Co. -The name and address of the C. Co. -"To The Tradesmen National Bank and Trust Company." -There are spaces left for the date, the…
Item type: engraved silver plate

Description: There are three almost complete circles attached to the end of the key.
Item type: key

Description: Paper certificate issued to Thomas H. Marshall. The certificate was signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Currently it has a plain black wooden frame. Goes with a telescope (88.2.1)
Date: 1917?
Item type: certificate

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Description: Brass telescope that's been covered in canvas, stitched. with lens cover. Simple decoration around lenses and where canvas begins and ends. Pressure-sensitive tape around eyepiece end, discolored. Object includes framed certificate. see ccccp-88.2.2
Item type: telescope

Description: Mallet-headed scablar or boaster possibly iron. The tool is clearly octagonal with sharp edges. The tip flattened to cutting edge.
Item type: mallet-headed scablar or boaster

Description: Tool is possibly iron. It has a flat, round head and a flattened cylindrical body. The end of the tool flares to cutting edge.
Item type: mallet-headed scablar or boaster

Description: Blade for mallet-headed trimming. The blade itself has a double-sided cutting edge with ten teeth on either side.
Item type: blade for mallet-headed trimming

Description: Iron blade. Flare toward end. Roughly octagonal body and round head. Wedge-shaped end is slit to allow blades to be interchanged. There is a total of 10 teeth.
Item type: mallet-headed trimmings and blade

Description: blade for mallet-headed trimmingdouble-edged cutting tool. one edge broken- one tooth missing?
Item type: blade for mallet-headed trimming

Description: Blade for mallet-headed trimming; one edge is uneven / broken. There is a double-sided trimming blade.
Item type: blade for mallet-headed trimming

Description: Iron cutter. Mallet Headed, flat round head. Originally octagonal by the worn body has become almost round. End flares to wedge with slit for blade. Currently there is no blade.
Item type: mallet-headed trimming

Description: Punch possibly made of iron. Roughly octagonal body. very sharp edges at point. The punch tapers to four-sided point.
Item type: mallet-headed point or punch

Description: Iron scablar; flat round head. This tool has a roughly octagonal body flaming widely toward cutting edge. Additionally, it has an extremely asymmetrical cutting edge.
Item type: mallet-headed scablar or boaster

Description: Iron Boaster. Cutter with octagonal body flares to wide cutting edge. The tool has a flat, round head. One tip of cutting edge is missing.
Item type: mallet-headed scablars or boasters

Description: Cutting tool; iron. The tool has a roughly octagonal body. Likewise, it flares toward tip; creating a rough wedge-like tip. Flat round head.
Item type: mallet-headed margin or drafting tool.

Description: Cutting tool; possibly iron. The tool has a roughly octagonal body, a thin neck and a flat round head.
Item type: mallet-headed margin or drafting tool

Description: Drafting tool; possibly iron. The tool has a small, flat, round head and a cylindrical body. The drafting too flares toward tip. The tip could be described as wedge-like.
Item type: drafting tool.

Description: Cutter; possibly iron with a flat round head. Likewise, there is an octagonal upper body and a flattened cylindrical lower body. Finally, there is a wedge-like tip; mallet headed pt.
Item type: mallet headed pt.

Description: Cutter, possibly iron. The body has octagonal shape and a wedge-like tip. Small flat round head.
Item type: mallet-headed margin or drafting tool.

Description: Punch; possibly iron. The end of the tool flares to blunt wedge. Steel hammer headed pitching tool; punch
Item type: punch

Description: Punch, possibly iron. It is octagonal in shape with a slightly curved body. Tapers to 4-sided point.
Item type: steel hammer

Description: Iron punch. Octagonal body / shaft. The punch tapers to four-sided point. Round head.
Item type: mallet-headed point or punch

Description: Cutting tool, mallet headed; as if it was intended to be hit by a hammer. Internal mitring tool.
Item type: mitring tool

Description: iron, handworked mitring tool.
Item type: mallet headed inernal mitring tool

Description: Iron handworked mitring tool. The end tapers to asymmetrical wedge. The head is flat, as if it were meant to be hit by a hammer.
Item type: mallet-head internal mitring tool

Description: Mitring tool too used for iron cutting. The tool itself is nearly cylindrical. Likewise, it has a round head and tapered end (like a screwdriver).
Item type: mitring tool

Description: Brass Mason's Bevel. The nut-bolt-washer joint is possibly made of Steel.
Item type: mason's bevel

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Description: mahogany slant-top desk with four graduated drawers, oval brass pulls and French bracket feet. Key holes in drawers. Behind the desk top: 4 small drawers, 2 larger drawers, 8 divided shelves and a center cabinet with 2 divided shelves and another…
Date: c. 1790
Item type: desk

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Description: Mahogany four-drawer chest of drawers. French bracket feet, brass hardware, bowed front. Key hole in center of each drawer
Date: c. 1790
Item type: chest of drawers

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Description: Rectangular shaped, deep slip-decorated, red earthenware dish with crimped edges.
Date: late 18th/ early 19th C.
Item type: earthenware dish redware

Description: Silk, rectangular flag; red, white, blue diagonal stripes eagle with key and sword in gold. Presented with a framed presentation placque (see CCCCP-078)
Item type: Flag

Description: Cabinet Scraper. Seemingly made entirely from metal.
Date: pre-1909
Item type: Stanley scraper

Description: Metal Calipers. They're held together by a circular hinge. The jaws of the calipers have inward facing prongs.
Item type: Calipers

Description: Plumb bob of cast iron. About 30% of the original black paint remains.
Item type: plumb bob

Description: hand wrought hinges
Item type: hinges

Description: Hand wrought hinges. Probably made in Pennsylvania.
Date: c. 1830
Item type: hinges

Description: Rose wood bevel square 12" steel blade. Brass fittings.
Date: c. 1885
Item type: bevel square

Description: Screwdriver. Wooden handle, metal blade and tip.
Date: unknown
Item type: screwdriver

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Description: chisel marked "Cast Steel, Young" by maker
Item type: chisel
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