Pulley block
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Ivory, copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 in. ( 3.2 x 6.4 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Carved ivory pulley block held together with copper tacks and two wheels.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Rutherford Oakes Ainslie
Object Number:
1943.53
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40057
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hand tool
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1750-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 3/4 x 5/8 in. ( 15.2 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Carved wood hand tool with tongue onn either end.
Object Number:
Z.152
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
40015
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tool with two crank handles
Classification:
Date:
1800-1899
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 14 x 5.7 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Tool of unidentified function having screw mounts and a device that grinds; found with two cranks with wooden handles.
Object Number:
Z.128
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1899
eMuseum Object ID:
39751
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pliers
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870-1910
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2 in. ( 1.3 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Cast iron pliers with curved jaws and corrugated teeth above a small rectangular hammer head; the end of one arm of the pliers has a V-shaped nail remover.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number:
INV.903
Marks:
hand written: in pen on underside of lower jaw: "E.B. CHILDS"
molded: into the interior of one arm: "3"
molded: into side: "[?] MMINGS & SONS/3/WARRANTED/STEEL & HAMMER"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
39601
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Calipers
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 10 in. ( 38.1 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron calipers with central hinge and cast maker's marks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederick Griffith
Object Number:
1952.12
Marks:
impressed: on one side: "ORG"
impressed: two times on opposite side: "D.R. GRIFFITH &"
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, David Griffith made his own tools while he served as a naval Marine constructor during the Civil War. He later worked for the American Drudging Company in Camden, New Jersey, and as an engineer for Fairmont Waterworks in Pennsylvania.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39600
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Nose bit
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Iron nose bit; end of stock is shaped to fit into a bitstock.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irene Everett Fenner
Object Number:
1945.68c
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this bit belonged to her father-in-law, George Hiriam Fenner (1820-1894).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39490
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Center bit
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 13.3 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Iron center bit; end of stock shaped to fit into a bitstock.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irene Everett Fenner
Object Number:
1945.68b
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this bit belonged to her father-in-law, George Hiriam Fenner (1820-1894).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39489
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brace
Classification:
Date:
1850-1894
Medium:
Wood, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 34.3 x 14 x 7 cm )
Description:
Wooden brace or bitstock composed of a curved stock with a revolving circular knob on one end and a drillbit socket on the opposite end; brass fittings on stock and around socket.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irene Everett Fenner
Object Number:
1945.68a
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this brace belonged to her father-in-law, George Hiriam Fenner (1820-1894).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1894
eMuseum Object ID:
39463
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
hollow plane
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 14.6 x 24.1 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Wooden round plane composed of a rectangular stock with a convex sole perforated by a central slit through which a convex blade is inserted at a downward angle and tightened by a wooden wedge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wolfe
Object Number:
1948.448
Marks:
impressed: on front of stock: "ADAMS/4"
impressed: on rear of stock: "A & E BALDWIN"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39461
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Square
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, iron, glass, iron, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 14 x 1 in. ( 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Square composed of rectangular wooden stock inset with two spirit filled glass level tubes and mounted on its interior side with iron; a thin iron arm extends from at a 90 degree angle from one end of the stock and is held in place with a brass butterfly mount.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wolfe
Object Number:
1948.462c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39456
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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