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Smith, Robert
Description:
Characterized as "among the most important and skilled archiect-builders in colonial America" by his biographer Charles Peterson, the chief Philadelphia claimant for the title of America's first architect is the master builder Robert Smith who was…
Member number:
29
Birth date:
1/14/1722
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
Small, thick wooden block with copper plate for printing
Description:
Wooden Printing block; attached to the block is a copper plate with raised lettering- apparently used for printing a book, because "38" is printed at the top. 1 of 5.
Item type:
copper plate
Small wooden trying plane with wooden handle and metal blade
Description:
Small wooden bench plane with metal blade, constructed from beech wood.
Item type:
trying plane
Small wooden bench plane with metal blade
Description:
Small wooden bench plane with metal blade. Also, constructed of beech wood. By D. Malloch of Perth, Scotland D. Walker, owner
Item type:
bench plane
Small rusty plane knife with large-headed screw attached
Description:
small rusty plane knife with large-headed screw attached
Item type:
plane knife
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
Small iron divider
Description:
Small iron divider. There seem to be small markings on the object, for measuring purposes.
Item type:
iron divider
Small heavy metal die, used to stamp objects
Description:
Die with eight-sided handle. on the bottom side of the handle are three narrow carved parallel lines.
Item type:
die
Small grey sandstone
Description:
sandstone; Grey stone with sandy texture and quite a bit of mica ingrained in it.
Item type:
sandstone
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
Slant-top desk
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