Browse Items (698 total)
- Item Type: Object
Long wooden fore plane
Description:
Fore plane with closed handle and straight-edge blade; bottom has thin, deep cracks running through it. strokes of green visible on bottom. beech wood. by D. Colton, Phila.
Date:
1840-1850's
Item type:
foreplane (trying plane)
Molding plane with convex blade with straight sides. 5/8" hollow cut.
Description:
dark reddish brown spot on upper portion of blade-side base. beech wood. by Burnham & Fox Co., Amherst, MA molding plane
Date:
1842-4
Item type:
molding plane
Wooden bench plane
Description:
Bench plane with closed handle, straight-edge blade and long stock which provided a longer guide surface for long boards. Blade is very loose. Handle has many chips and scratches. Beech wood. by D. Colton, Philadelphia Resoled.
Date:
1845-1850's
Item type:
bench plane (trying plane)
Molding plane with concave blade, 0.75" round cut
Description:
molding plane; on the side where the blade is not exposed at all, there are curved surface scratches revealing a lighter wood below. this is in the upper right hand corner. Beech wood. by H. Hills, Springfield, MA.
Date:
1845-1851
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane with narrow convex blade. 1/2" hollow cut.
Description:
more than half of the top of the base is a variety of dark shades. the lower part is light wood. beech wood. by H. Hills, Springfield, MA. L.N. Fay, owner molding plane
Date:
1845-1851
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane with very narrow concave blade, 1/2" round cut
Description:
molding plane made of Beech wood by H.Hills, Springfield, MA
Date:
1845-1851
Item type:
molding 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 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 concave blade. 7/8" round cut.
Description:
on side up without blade exposed, there are two cuts into the wood at the same level, of the same size and shape. by H.Hills, Springfield, MA. molding plane made of Beech wood.
Date:
1845-51
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane with concave blade, 5/8" round cut
Description:
molding plane with dot of green paint near bottom center on solid back. wood shavings trapped near blade. beech wood. by H. Hills, Springfield, MA
Date:
1845-51
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane with convex blade and bottom edge. 3/4" hollow cut.
Description:
molding plane beech wood. L.N. Fay, owner H. Hills, Springfield, MA, maker.
Date:
1845-51
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane with convex blade and base 7/8"
Description:
molding plane--blade is very rusty. beech wood. by H. Hills, Springfield, MA L.N. Fay, owner
Date:
1845-51
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane with very thin base, 0.75" rabbet cut
Description:
molding plane with traces of green paint found on the bottom. Beech wood. by D. Colton & B. Sheneman, Philadelphia. I. McNutt, owner unusual side boxing
Date:
1846-1852
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane with very narrow concave blade. i.e., 3/16" bead cut
Description:
faded faint yellow paint smudge on solid back of molding plane. beech wood, bored with boxwood. I. McNutt, wonder D. Colton & B. Sheneman, makers D.COLTON and B. SHENEMAN No. 297 MARKET ST PHILA. I. McNUTT WARANTED
Date:
1846-1852
Item type:
molding 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
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)
Replica of 1777 Scull & Heap "The Plan of the City & Environs of Philadelphia" engravied by William Fadden engraved map
Description:
Published by Thomas Fisher, Philadelphia, 1847. Contains populations charts. Mahogany veneered frame. engraved map
Date:
1847
Item type:
engraved map
Replica of map by Scull & Heap engraved map
Description:
First published in 1750, republished by David Lobach, Lobachsville, Bucks County Pennsylvania, April 1850. Lith of Wagner & McGaigoan, No. 4 Franklin Place, Philadelphia. Mahogany finished frame. engraved map
Date:
1850
Item type:
engraved map
Handled steel and brass, wood filled Bench plane
Description:
Bench Plane of handled steel and brass. Black paint on metal is chipping. bench plane brass sides with steel sole. front handle reworked.
Date:
1850-1875
Item type:
bench plane
Chisel and Waisted type iron nail
Description:
Chisel marked "Cast Steel" , 8" blade, homemade handle on chisel found in Carpenters' Hall, second floor apt., under kitchen floor. also a cut nail from period. (work done in 1857)
Date:
1850-80
Item type:
chisel and iron nail
Handled molding plane with 1 1/16" nosing cut jack plane
Description:
jack plane used for rough, preliminary planing. 1 1/16" nosing cut convex edge of blade enabled it to cut deeply. gold / brown paint is smeared on one side of the stock (base). small nail near base of handle. Beech wood. by Samuel Bibighaus,…
Date:
1850's
Item type:
jack plane
Molding plane made of beech wood, dado 0.75" cut
Description:
Molding plane missing nicker blade and nicker wedge on one side: "JOHN VEIT PHILA. cor. NEW MARKET & GREEN STREET" other side: " 7/8" "
Date:
1857-1899
Item type:
wood molding plane
Silver goblet
Description:
Gift from Carpenters' Company of London during there visit in May 2009. Inscription: "This silver goblet was made in London in 1874, 100 years after the First American Congress was held in Carpenters' Hall Philadelphia. It was presented to the…
Date:
1874
Item type:
Silver Goblet
Eight ribbons commemorating CCCCP Bi-centennial
Description:
Blue ribbon with gold lettering sayimg, "BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF PENNSYLVANIA. CARPENTERS' COMPANY OF THE CITY AND CO. OF PHILADELPHIA Oct. 24th 1882". Attached to bottom is tassle of wire coil. No accession number is sewn on at present
Date:
1882
Item type:
commemorative ribbons
Doric Temple [photograph]
Description:
Parade photograph of C.Co.- Sept. 15, 1887 model of Doric Temple for Constitutional Centennial. Carved wood frame.
Date:
1887
Item type:
framed photograph
Corinthian Temple [photograph]
Description:
Parade photograph of C.Co. Sept. 15, 1887. model of Corinthian Temple, for Constitutional Centennial. Copy of July 4, 1788 exhibit. Carved wood frame.
Date:
1887
Item type:
framed photograph
Ribbon commemorating CCCCP Centennial
Description:
Blue ribbon with gold lettering saying, "BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF PENNSYLVANIA. CARPENTERS' COMPANY OF THE CITY AND CO. OF PHILADELPHIA Oct. 24th 1882". Attached to bottom is tassle of wire coil. No accession number is sewn on at present.
Date:
1887
Item type:
commemorative ribbon
14 contribution cards for the Associated Carpenters' and Joiners' Society, Glasgow (North) Branch,
Description:
The contribution cards date from 1889-1904. The accession numbers are placed on lower left hand corner of the card for 1903.
Date:
1889-1904
Item type:
contribution cards
Wood bit, made of beech wood; tool
Description:
wood bit; tool. 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:
wood bit stock
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
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