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Copper plate with 3 engraved designs of various sizes and shapes.
Description:
Copper Plate. Three designs are reproduced as plate XVIii in the Carpenters' Co. Rule Book of 1786, listed as "Extra Heavy Paneled Doors." Dark discoloring on the back. Fragments of 5 other designs are inscribed on the back. They are similar to those…
Item type:
engraved copper plate
Copper plate with 6 engraved designs of doorjambs of various sizes.
Description:
Thin copper plate. All six designs are shown as plate IX in the Carpenters' Company Rule Book of 1786. They are described as "doorjambs."
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Engraved copper plate.
Copper plate with 6 different engraved designs of half circular windowpanes on it.
Description:
Engraved copper plate. All six designs on the copper plate are same size and shape externally. Within the semi-circular frame, the designs vary from very simple to very ornate. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are depicted as plate XIII in the Carpenters' Company…
Item type:
engraved copper plate
Long-handled, heavy metal branding iron saying "CARPENTERS' CO."
Description:
Metal branding iron saying "CARPENTERS' CO." handle is octagonally-shaped and narrows near the top handle. Imprint matched brand which appears on all 18c. Windsor chairs.
Item type:
branding iron
Group of small screws and nails
Description:
Three 1" rusty screws, two small cut nails, one 2.125" hand wrought nail, one bent piece of metal with white paint chipping off it.
Item type:
screws and nails
Scribe; metal rod sharpened on both ends
Description:
Steel Scribe. The middle area is thicker, octagonally-shaped and marked with many vertical slashes on each side. Mechanic made.
Item type:
scribe
Scribe; long thin metal rod
Description:
Scribe with sharp point. Top is round and flat
Item type:
scribe
Scriber; long thin metal rod
Description:
Scriber with sharp point. Top is square and flat.
Item type:
awl or scriber
Triangle-shaped piece of wood or wedge shaped
Description:
Wooden wedge of smooth textured dark wood. long, thin triangle shape with curved corners.
Item type:
wooden wedge
Small, very narrow fragment of what appears to have been a spoon bit
Description:
Small, narrow fragment of a spoon bit. There is a circular gash is in the stem of the bit.
Item type:
bit
Metal auger bit.
Description:
Auger bit; stem is similar to spoon bit, but tip is carved to a point.
Item type:
auger bit
Metal chisel with gash in the stem.
Description:
Chisel; point is not sharp. Object is very rusty; likewise there is a gash in the stem.
Item type:
chisel
Small metal chisel.
Description:
Chisel inscribed "D. Meal." The top of the chisel is similar to the head of a nail. Object is very rusty.
Item type:
chisel
Beech handle with brass fittings saw paddle handle
Description:
Saw pad handle. Beech handle, brass fittings. blade missing. "D. Walker," owner.
Item type:
saw paddle handle
Smooth wooden saw paddle handle
Description:
Wooden saw paddle handle is split all the way through. There are a few deep gashes in the wood.
Item type:
saw paddle handle
Short-stemmed silver metal drill bit.
Description:
Drill bit; stem has deep incision. circular tip has deep, wide incision which leads to tip. stem is rusty, but tip is still shiny.
Item type:
drill bit
Metal drill bit with circular tip.
Description:
Drill bit; circular tip of bit has deep cut in it which leads to point. very rusty.
Item type:
drill bit
Metal drill bit.
Description:
Rusty drill bit ; circular with eight jagged edges leads to sharp point.
Item type:
drill bit
Metal drill bit.
Description:
Rusty drill bit; circular with eight jagged edges leading to sharp point.
Item type:
drill bit
Metal drill bit
Description:
Metal drill bit; very rusty with irregularly shaped area near the point.
Item type:
drill bit
Metal drill bit
Description:
Metal drill bit; very rusty, with dull point.
Item type:
drill bit
Chisel with no handle
Description:
Chisel without a handle; point is not sharp. The object is very rusty.
Item type:
chisel
Double-headed wrench, with each "head" facing a different way.
Description:
Double-headed wrench, with each "head" facing a different way.
Item type:
wrench
Small double-headed black iron wrench.
Description:
Double headed black iron wrench, one head of the wrench is larger than the other.
Item type:
wrench
Mortisng chisel used to start a mortise without the usual boring of holes.
Description:
Long thin mortising chisel with top that resembles head of a nail.
Item type:
mortising chisel
Metal paring chisel
Description:
1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade very narrow blade on…
Item type:
paring chisel
Metal paring chisel
Description:
1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade very narrow blade on…
Item type:
paring chisel
Metal paring chisel
Description:
metal paring chisel 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade
Item type:
paring chisel
Metal paring chisel
Description:
metal paring chisel 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade…
Item type:
paring chisel
Metal paring chisel
Description:
paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade rust…
Item type:
paring chisel
Paring chisel
Description:
paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade There is…
Item type:
paring chisel
Silver metal paring chisel
Description:
paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade…
Item type:
paring chisel
Silver metal paring chisel
Description:
1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade several scratches near…
Item type:
paring chisel
Silver metal paring chisel
Description:
1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade several scratches are…
Item type:
paring chisel
Silver metal paring chisel
Description:
paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade
Item type:
paring chisel
Silver metal paring chisel
Description:
paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade
Item type:
paring chisel
Silver metal paring chisel
Description:
paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade
Item type:
paring chisel
Rusty handwrought nail
Description:
hand wrought nail; 1 of a set of 6. stem is much shorter than the rest of the set. much more regularly shaped than the rest of the set.
Item type:
wrought nail
Rusty handwrought nail
Description:
hand wrought nail; 1 of a set of 6. point is flat and irregularly shaped.
Item type:
wrought nail
Rusty handwrought nail
Description:
1 of a set of 6. area near the point is very irregular, suggesting that it has been knocked off. hand wrought nail;
Item type:
wrought nail
Rusty handwrought iron nail
Description:
hand wrought nail; 1 of a set of 6. point is flat but sharp.
Item type:
wrought nail
Rusty handwrought nail
Description:
hand wrought nail; 1 of a set of 6. stem was obviously formed by hand, because of inconsistency of width. point is flat and wide, not sharp.
Item type:
wrought nail
Rusty handwrought nail
Description:
hand wrought nail; 1 of a set of 6, each one of a different length and width.
Item type:
wrought nail
Rusty iron cut nail
Description:
long thin irregularly shaped cut nail rectangular stem. blunt point. thin flat head.
Item type:
cut nail
Rusty iron cut nail
Description:
small thin flat head nail. rectangular stem. blunt point.
Item type:
cut nail
Small rusty plane knife with large-headed screw attached
Description:
small rusty plane knife with large-headed screw attached
Item type:
plane knife
Plane knife with angled blade.
Description:
blade at bottom is at an angle from the rest of the plane knife. very rusty. no inscriptions visible
Item type:
plane knife
Plane knife; 2 pieces are held together by a large-headed screw.
Description:
cast steel plane knife very rusty
Item type:
plane knife