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Copper plate with two designs on the shiny side and fragments of other designs on the dull side.
Description:
Copper Plate. The two designs on the shiny side are printed as plate XX in the Carpenters' Co. Rule Book of 1786. They are described as "Dog-leg'd or Plain Open Newel Stairs." The very detailed designs on the dull side are not found in the Rule Book.
Item type:
engraved copper plate
Copper plate with engraved designs on both sides
Description:
Copper Plate. The shiny side of the plate has designs which are seen as plates XV and XVI of The Carpenters' Co. Rule Book of 1786. They are described as "Trussed Partitions" and "Paneled Door Details." The six designs on the duller side are seen as…
Item type:
engraved copper plate
Copper plate with two engraved designs.
Description:
Engraved Copper Plate. One design is of a fireplace; the other is a detail. Both designs are reproduced as plate XXVII of the Carpenters' Co. Rule Book of 1786. They are listed as "Georgian-style Chimneypiece in wood."
Item type:
engraved copper plate
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