| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Ice ax | 8314T7 |
| 13 3/4" long, 2 5/8" tall, 1 1/2" wide |
| signed "C.D. BRIDDELL" |
| The middle initial on this mark is very worn and could be either a C. or D. Charles D. Briddell |
| Inc. of Crisfield, Maryland made oyster knives and tableware from around 1900. There are |
| many ice picks and cleavers marked only "BRIDDELL" on eBay. Jason Rhodes' "Somerset |
| County, Maryland: A Brief History" indicates that ice tools were added to the company's line |
| Ice ax | 8314T5 |
| 28 1/2" long, 13 1/2" long head, 1 1/4" wide | bio |
| signed "GIFFORD WOOD CO" "615" |
| Ice ax | 8314T8 |
| 12" long, 2 3/4" tall, 1 1/8" wide | bio |
| signed "600 GIFFORD WOOD" |
| Ice ax | 8314T4 |
| 12 3/4" long, 2 3/8" tall, 1 1/4" wide | bio |
| signed "UNDERHILL EDGE TOOL CO" |
| Ice axe | 8314T3 |
| 13" long, 2 1/8" tall, 1" wide |
| signed "STAATSBURG" |
| Ice chopper | 101312T22 |
| 9" long, 2 1/2" wide, 1 1/4" tall |
| signed "HAMILTON BEACH NO 50" |
| Ice chopper | 8314T10 |
| 27" long, 4" wide, 4" rear handle | bio |
| signed "Gifford Wood Co." |
| Ice chopper and crusher | 8314T6 |
| 12" long, 2" x 2" face |
| unsigned |
| Ice chopper and scoop | 101312T13 |
| 10" long, 2 1/4" wide, 2" tall |
| signed "NORTH BROS. MFG. CO. PHILA. PAT APR 8 1884" |
| Hermann Albrecht was issued patent 295,501, which he assigned to the American Machine |
| Company of Philadelphia. The North Brothers bought them out in 1892. |
| (http://www.google.com/patents/US296501?pg=PA2&dq=apr+8+1884+ice&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b |
| W19UKaFKMnJtAbxkYHQDw&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=apr%208%201884%20ice |
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