Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
Tools |
Drawknife | 31811T1 |
21" long, 5" long handles, 13" long and 1 7/8" wide blade | bio |
signed "UNDERHILL BROWN & LEIGHTON CAST-STEEL" |
DATM (Nelson 1999) indicates that "Nathaniel and/or John Sleeper Brown were probably part |
of this partnership which preceded Underhill & Brown in Auburn and Underhill & Leighton in |
Manchester. The Leighton was William W." The working date was 1849 in Auburn, NH. |
SubCategor | Woodworking: Edge Tools Made in Maine |
Lipped peen adz | 91914T12 |
10" long, 4 3/4" wide, 2 1/4" tall |
signed "W.A. WINSLOW" |
William A. Winslow worked out of Bath, Maine, circa 1869 to 1880. |
Adz | 33011T2 |
8 1/2" long, 4" wide head and 36" long handle | bio |
signed "VAUGHN" "____" "WARRAN__" and "UNION" |
This adz has a spike head. The signature is difficult to read but appears to be Vaughn and |
Pardoe of Union, ME. For more information see the Registry of Maine Toolmakers (Brack 2008). |
SubCategor | Woodworking: Other Tools |
Hand vise | 121112T6 |
5 1/2" long, 1 1/4" wide jaw |
signed "W&C Wynn" |
DATM (Nelson 1999, 884) lists this toolmaker with no known location or dates of operation. |
Sliding T bevel | 31808SLP8 |
10 1/4" long blade, 6" long handle | photo | photo |
signed "J G NICHOLAS" |
DATM (Nelson 1999) lists Joseph Nicholas as making saws and squares in Philadelphia from |
approximately 1837 to 1857. |
Spirit level | 22211T5 |
29 1/2" long, 3 3/16" x 1 3/8" |
signed "LAMBERT MILLIKEN," " & " "STACKPOLE" "BOSTON, MASS" with an American |
Eagle w/shield |
DATM (Nelson 1999) lists Lambert, Milliken, & Stackpole as working in Boston from 1859 to |
1899. Part of the Robert Sullivan Collection donation. |
SubCategor | Woodworking: Planes |
Beading plane | 42602T3 |
9 3/8" long, 3/8" wide bead |
signed "Cox & Luckman" on plane, blade has an obscured mark "____TH" |
This is a typical imported English-made plane of the 19th century. |
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