Browse Items (698 total)
- Item Type: Object
Bronze plaque
Description:
bronze plaque commemorates the founding of the U.S. Navy, Oct. 13, 1775. Made at the Franklin Mint.
Date:
1975
Item type:
bronze plaque
Recognition of symposium "Building Early America" certificate
Date:
1976
Item type:
framed certificate
Tribute to C.Co. certificate
Description:
tribute to C.Co. from Engineering Societies in Delaware Valley for contributions to the development of early America and Philadelphia. Framed.
Date:
1976
Item type:
framed certificate
Framed certificate
Description:
Presented to C.Co. for their profession by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Sept. 28, 1976. Framed.
Date:
1976
Item type:
framed certificate
Framed logo
Description:
Logo: Philadelphia 76. Framed and matted.
Date:
1976
Item type:
framed logo
Queen Elizabeth II and Philip- photograph
Description:
Photograph presented to C.Co. on their July 6, 1976 visit to the Hall. Autographed. Framed, mounted on blue-papered backboard. On the back of the photograph frame is a letter thanking John B. Ganes for a book received.
Date:
1976
Item type:
framed photograph
Framed certificate; CCCCP thanks 30 sponsors of external restoration
Description:
framed certificate, probably handwritten, CCCCP thanks sponsors of restoration. under glass, with chrome frame.
Date:
1980
Item type:
framed certificate
The Robert Smith Award to Charles E. Peterson
Description:
Framed award; The Robert Smith Award to Charles E. Peterson
Date:
1982
Item type:
framed award
Silk banner
Description:
silk banner carried by the Carpenters' Company in 1788. cream colored ground with the Arms of the Carpenters' Company. Hand-carved and gilt frame with eagle cresting.
Date:
1788
Item type:
banner
Silk banner
Description:
silk banner carried by the Carpenters' Company in 1832. cream colored ground with the Arms of the Carpenters' Company. Hand-carved and gilt frame with eagle cresting. carried in parade to commemorate Washington's 100th birthday
Date:
1832
Item type:
banner
President's badge
Description:
silver-gilt and enameled President's Badge with the Coat of Arms of the Carpenters' Company: pale blue enameled shield with three silver-gilt compasses and a square mounted on relief, surrounded by an oval frame of royal blue with the inscription:…
Date:
1951
Item type:
President's badge
Carpenters' Co. Banner
Description:
Carpenters' Company Banner
Item type:
Carpenters' Co. Banner
Carved and gilded frame
Description:
Antique carved and gilded frame adorned with central cartouche; symbols of the compass and square are missing. The frame had contained original letters from William Penn, George Washington, Robert Morris, Thomas Jefferson, Edward Randolph, Thomas…
Item type:
frame
Carved and gilded frame
Description:
Antique carved and gilded frame adorned with central cartouche with symbols of compass and square, containing a list of the Members of the Carpenters' Company form 1734 to 19_
Item type:
frame
Swivel armchair
Description:
Wooden swivel armchair, Naugahyde, and metal swivel machiner. Seat and inset back of Naugahyde with studs. chair rests on central axis with hardware for turning and adjusting. Base is four wooden splayed legs.
Date:
1903
Item type:
chair
Book of Common Prayer
Description:
Book of Common Prayer, of the Church of England, Published in 1763. Presented by Elizabeth H. Fisher. Bound in leather, embossed with gold. Encased in glass and metal box, book rests on embroidered red pillow.
Date:
1763
Item type:
Book of Common Prayer
Grant of Arms
Description:
Handwritten and water-colored "Grant of Arms to the Worshipful Company of Carpenters of London by William Hawkslowe Clarineaux, King of Arms in 1466 and confirmed by Thomas Benhalt in 1530." Framed with seal pendant.
Item type:
Grant of Arms
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
Unvarnished brown wood gavel
Description:
Head gavel that is split and is bound by wire
Date:
unknown
Item type:
gavel
Leather fire bucket with painting of Carpenters' Hall and "Carpenters' Co." banner across the top. These are barely visible now.
Description:
Fire Bucket. Handle has broken off and is placed inside the bucket. Wood is exposed around the top edge where the leather has fallen away. two holes are at the top of the fire bucket. According to a card placed in one of the other two buckets, it was…
Date:
1789
Item type:
fire bucket
Leather fire bucket with painting of Carpenters' hall and "Carpenters' Co." banner across the top. These are barely visible now.
Description:
Fire bucket; Handle broken off and is placed inside the bucket. Leather is very worn and warped to the point that the bucket has not retained its original shape. Carpenters' Hall painting and banner are barely identifiable. According to a card placed…
Item type:
fire bucket
Leather fire bucket with painting of Carpenters' hall and "Carpenters' Co." banner across the top. These are barely visible now.
Description:
Leather fire bucket; Handle broken off and is placed inside the bucket. Leather is very worn and warped to the point that the bucket has not retained its original shape. Carpenters' Hall painting and banner are barely identifiable. According to a…
Item type:
fire bucket
Loping brick
Description:
loping brick with remnants of white mortar on front and back.
Item type:
loping brick
Heavy metal box lock. key seems permanently fixed inside the keyhole in what appears to be the back of the lock. Entire piece painted with a dark brown paint.
Description:
Boxlock and Key. Dark brown paint covering piece is wearing away on key, revealing a bright silver. Flat sphere attached to three sides of the box. On bottom in center is ornamental knob. On front, raised circle with grooves and keyhole with heart in…
Item type:
boxlock + key
large box lock with key
Description:
Boxlock and key that are very rusty. On front is large knob placed in small rectangle near upper left corner. Four small holes on front, one in each corner.
Item type:
boxlock with key
Large rusty padlock with swinging keyhole cover
Description:
padlock--only one nail is in back of piece- on upper left side
Item type:
padlock
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
Thin metal escutheon
Description:
escutheon; has 7 small holes, 1 large hole, a keyhole and an opening shaped like a rectangle with all four sides curved inward between the two connected metal parts. black plastic printed label saying, "Carpenters' Hall Escutheon taken 1857 off front…
Item type:
escutheon
Typed paragraph and business card enclosed in a black frame with gold around the inside edges.
Description:
Typed statement: "This collection, including the set of planes, was used by David Walker, deceased. Mr. Walker was a carpenter and builder, having his business in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. most of these tools were made in Scotland and…
Item type:
framed statement
One corner candle sconce and removable center which holds candle
Description:
Aluminum or tin corner sconce, scratched and showing rust on inside edges. On back, there is a small loop for hanging.
Item type:
corner candle sconce with yellow candle
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
Flat backed wood piece with extending curved front.
Description:
wood piece; Appears to be made of 3 parts. 2 equidistant thin cracks run the length of the front of the piece. wood on the bottom has vein-like cracks all through it. Deep thumb-shaped depression in bottom. (See Bldg. Records Database #3039)
Item type:
decorative wood piece
Cast-iron grate with curving spiral-like designs
Description:
cast iron grate--Rust evident on interior of back border. One of two "hooks" on back is broken off.
Item type:
cast iron grate
Long iron rod
Description:
Iron rod; very rusty. With one flat end and the other end like a nail. in the middle, it is split into two thin rods.
Item type:
iron rod, spit for a reflector oven
Metal butterfly hinges with three small holes in each side.
Description:
very rusty. Rust has begun to eat away at the back near the hinge in the center. Very stiff, does not move.
Item type:
butterfly hinges
Molding plane of dark wood rabbet cut, 1.125" used to cut offset surfaces
Description:
molding plane; smooth, unvarnished wood slivers of wood have fallen off top wooden part Beech wood by Bennett B. Burley of Glasgow, Scotland replaced wedge D. Walker, owner
Item type:
molding plane
Dark wood molding plane, 1" rabbet cut used to cut offset surfaces rabbeting plane
Description:
top wooden part has rough surface. blade shows signs of rust. beech wood by Sandusky Tool Co., one of the largest and longest-working plane-makers in the U.S. rabbeting plane
Item type:
rabbeting plane, molding plane
Molding plane, 7/8" rabbet recut to side, rabbet
Description:
blade is rusty. several thin scratches mark the back of the plane. recut. beech wood. by Auburn Tool Co., N.Y. rabbeting plane
Date:
c.1864-1893
Item type:
rabbeting plane
Rabbeting plane, molding plane, 1.375" rabbet cut
Description:
Top wooden part is coarse. Beech wood. I. McNutt, owner. D. Colton & B. Shineman, makers. unusual side boxing of boxwood. rabbeting plane
Date:
1846-52
Item type:
rabbeting plane (molding)
Rabbeting plane with fork. used for cutting crossgrain.
Description:
Fork is rusty. On side where fork is exposed more, wood is warped and chipped. Rabbeting plane
Item type:
rabbeting plane
Molding plane, 0.25" dado cut
Description:
molding plane--dark spots about 0.25" in diameter cover side where large nail is exposed Beech wood. brass fence by B. Sheneman, Phila. rare size
Date:
1846-1867
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane used for cutting crossgrain [combination tongue & groove plane] 2 parallel blades are in close proximity
Description:
molding plane; only one top wooden part has a blade with it. thin steel sidingattached with 5 nails reinforces plane. beechwood by D. Colton & J. Colton, Phila.
Date:
c. 1840's - 1850's
Item type:
molding plane
Mitre plane, 1 7/8" blade used to smooth the edges of boards or the sides of short boards
Description:
traces of white paint visible on top front. beech wood. maker's name removed. mitre plane
Item type:
mitre plane
Dark wood mitre plane with long, thin boat-shaped base. used to smooth the edges of boards or the sides of short boards.
Description:
traces of green paint slashes visible on bottom of base of mitre plane. Beech wood. by H. Chapin, unusual mark on cutter, "Cloverleaf," Reynolds Ban--, Auburn, N.Y.
Item type:
mitre plane
Molding plane, 1 5/8" hollow cut
Description:
molding plane--bottom edge is curved in half-circle shape, as is edge of blade. Beech wood. by H. Hills, Springfield, MA. L.N. Fay, owner
Date:
1845-51
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plow plane with concave-shaped blade. carves convex groove in a board. 7/8" head cut.
Description:
many knicks and a few deep scratches in the wood. small metal piece is bent over the top wooden part extending from the base. by Frederich Dallicker in Montgomery County, PA. lignum vitae boxing. molding plane
Date:
c. 1840-1850
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane with roughly S-shaped blade. Grecian 5/8" ovolo cut.
Description:
Bottom front of base has distinct regular grooves scratched lightly into the wood. Beech wood. by Arrowmammett Works, Middletown, CT. Catalog # 500. Owner added Fence. molding plane
Date:
c. 1850-1860
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane with concave-shaped blade. 1 5/8" round cut.
Description:
molding plane--wood is chipped near the blade edge in the back of the plane. Beech wood. by H.Hills, Springfield, MA. L.N. Fay, owner
Date:
1845-51
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane with curved circular open area in base near blade.
Description:
Molding plane--very small holes have eroded the wood in three places on one side. many scratches. Opening is wider on one side. 1.25” rabbet cut. Beech wood. Appears to be mechanic made.
Item type:
molding plane