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Wooden box made from Washington's mantel
Description:
James Stewart (elected 1833; deceased 1856) was hired to demolish the house at 6th and Market street used by George Washington as the first White House. 524-30 Market Street. An inscription inside the lid states that the wood used for this box came…
Date:
c.1845
Item type:
wooden Washington Box
Wooden boxlock with hand-printed label
Description:
wooden boxlock--unvarnished wood piece with small holes in upper and lower left corner and in right center. keyhole in bottom center. Back reinforced in spots with thin metal pieces and nails.
Item type:
wooden boxlock
Wooden chest
Description:
Wooden chest; Faded blue paint on side panels, and interior, two iron handles, lock, inside- 3 bottom partitions. Two removable drawers which slide into groove near top. 3 metal wheels. Multiple scratches throughout.
Date:
1705
Item type:
chest
Wooden drawing box with inset wooden top
Description:
Wooden drawing box; includes manuscript architectural drawing.
Item type:
drawing box with board
Wooden Drill Brace with Gold Metal Trim.
Description:
Drill Brace with Gold Metal Trim. Sheffield style brass plated brace with button chuck.
Date:
late 19th C.
Item type:
drill brace
Wooden drill of rough finish medium tone wood, with cut nails and thick iron band holding drill together on one side. large wooden knob on opposite side.
Description:
wooden drill, soft wood. iron ring holds chuck to main body of brace. one bit with broken cutter. leather gaskets at pad. nice form, unusual chuck attachment.
Date:
18th C.
Item type:
large wooden drill
Wooden fiister: a rabbeting plane with an adjustable fence, beech wood
Description:
Wooden filister that appears American made, missing nicker and nicker wedge
Item type:
filister
Wooden flagpole
Description:
Long wooden flagpole in three sections. Two wooden sections screwed together at midpoint- screw-on eagle. Eagle is of brass-colored metal with spread wings. 2 hooks.
Item type:
flagpole
Wooden flagpole
Description:
Three-section flagpole: 2 long wooden sections screwed at midpoint. Finial shaped as a spade in a brass-colored metal.
Date:
c. 1940
Item type:
flagpole
Wooden flagpole
Description:
Three-section flagpole: 2 long wooden sections screwed at mid-section. Finial shaped as swooping eagle in brass-like metal.
Date:
c. 1912
Item type:
flagpole
Wooden flagpole.
Description:
Three-section flagpole: 2 long wooden sections screwed at midpoint. Finial shaped as spade in brass-colored metal. Similar to CCCCP-030a.
Date:
c. 1909
Item type:
flagpole
Wooden flagpole.
Description:
Three-section flagpole : 2 long wooden sections screwed at mid-section. Finial shaped as a spade in brass-like metal.
Date:
c. 1909
Item type:
flagpole
Wooden flagpole.
Description:
Wooden flagpole, in one piece, with a band of metal at mid-section. Top is broken and decorative piece seems to be missing. On metal band, the following inscription: "Presented to the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia in…
Date:
c. 1924
Item type:
flagpole
Wooden gavel
Description:
Varnished light wood gavel. Hand printed on the paper which is wrapped around the handle is the following inscription: "THIS GAVEL PRESENTED TO THE CARPENTERS' COMPANY BY JOSEPH JONES APRIL 1894 THE HEAD FROM A TREE BROUGHT FROM ENGLAND BY ELISABETH…
Item type:
W. Penn gavel
Wooden gavel
Description:
Wooden gavel- elongated barrel-shaped head with flat ends. Handle tapers then widens near the head. Three evenly divided cuts have been made around the circumference of the head. two cuts have been made half an inch apart around the circumference of…
Item type:
gavel
Wooden handle, three-iron trammel points set in
Description:
unusual Steel Marking Guage with wooden handle three scribing or mortising trammel points manufactured late 19th C. 8" steel fence at top of stalk beneath handle
Date:
late 19th C.
Item type:
trammel points
Wooden level.
Description:
Wooden level, reinforced with small steel plates on the ends and on one side. A device used for establishing a horizontal line or plane. tool, Stanley level, catalog # 3.. Board equipped with a small glass tube of alcohol or oil and a tiny air bubble…
Item type:
spirit level
Wooden marking gauge.
Description:
Early beech wood marking gauge with one metal scriber point.
Date:
early 19th C.
Item type:
marking gauge
Wooden plaque with parchment paper covering the front. the paper is hand-printed and contains large and small nails.
Description:
Wooden plaque; Nails secured to the board with metal loops. some loops empty. Paper is discolored with age. All the nails are very rusty. Hand printed: "WROUGHT FLOOR BRADS CARPENTERS' HALL 177_ [last number is missing because parchment broke off]…
Item type:
wooden plaque with nails
Wooden rectangular table
Description:
Wooden table; various iron nails on top, side; legs end in small wooden wheels; small devise underneath.
Item type:
table
Wooden ruler which folds in from two ends 3-foot rule
Description:
Boxwood. Two foot, four fold boxwood and brass carpenter's arch joint by E.P. Preston 3-foot rule.
Date:
early 20th C.
Item type:
3-foot rule
Wooden ruler with 1/16 of an inch / millimeter markings
Description:
Ruler, numbers are painted onto the ruler in black
Item type:
triangular wooden ruler
Wooden scraper/ shaver
Description:
Scraper or shaver; Beech wood. by Bagshaw & Field, Phila.
Item type:
scraper/ shaver
Wooden stone cutter's mallet with handle
Description:
Beech stone cutter's mallet with handle. Made of wood, 7 accessioning sheets for tools for NBM [?].
Tools are set aside in storage room on right side.
Tools are set aside in storage room on right side.
Date:
approx. 1838 or late 19thc.
Item type:
Mell or Mallet
Wooden tool box
Description:
Wooden tool box with two hinges for saws inside the lid and with sectioned removable tray and metal handles.
Date:
19th C.
Item type:
tool box
Wooden tool see below
Description:
wooden tool has screw turn for a type of press and second press or drill
Item type:
wooden tool
Wooden trying plane
Description:
Wooden trying plane with wooden handle and metal blade.
Item type:
trying plane