The Davistown Museum

Center for the Study of Early Tools
This group of tools were all found together in a box used by a watchmaker or jeweler. They are also the subject
of an information file compiled by the museum.
The Epstein Hoard

Status Location
Historic Maritime II (1720-1800): The Second Colonial Dominion & the Early Republic
32502T27 Adjustable clamp bio BDTM
Cast steel? and brass, 5" long, 1 1/2" wide sliding side clamp with brass screws, unsigned.
An unusual uncommon form.
32502T29 Adjustable clamp bio BDTM
Cast steel with broken forged iron wing adjustment nut, 3 3/4" long, 5/8" wide jaws, unsigned.
A typical model adjustable clamp.
32502T45 Awl bio BDTM
Bone and steel, 3 1/2" long including broken 3/4" long bone handle, 1/12" diameter, unsigned.
32502T43 Bowl pin auger handle bio BDTM
Cast steel?, 1 13/16" long, unsigned.
32502T39 Brush bio BDTM
Wood and hair, 8 3/4" long , most of the hair or bristles are worn off, signed "Masters Late St London".
32502T38 Calipers bio BDTM
Cast steel and brass, 2 3/4" long, 1 3/4" wide when closed, unsigned.
32502T6 Drawplate (2) bio BDTM
Cast steel, 4" long, 1 1/2" wide, 5/16" thick and 4 9/16" long, 1 1/16" wide, 1/8" thick, larger one signed "B H & Co 33 - 46".
The smaller also has smaller square holes.
32502T7 Frag from tiny jeweler's laths (4) bio BDTM
Brass, wood, one with wood pulley 5/8" diameter, unsigned.
Two tracks for belt.
32502T28 Handles bio BDTM
Bone, 3 1/16" long and 2 3/8" long, unsigned.
These bone handles have no tool with them.
32502T26 Jeweler's _________ bio BDTM
Cast steel, dimensions:______________, unsigned.
Adjustable slide.
32502T8 Jig bio BDTM
Brass and steel, 1 3/4" long including adjustable steel pin, unsigned.
This is some sort of 18th century jeweler's precision measuring tool. It has finely made tiny knobs on the side and on the
adjusting steel leg. A most unusual tool.
32502T44 Keys (2) bio BDTM
Iron, unsigned.
Used for steel locks on box lids.
32502T31 Tweezers (8) bio BDTM
Cast steel, 3 1/4" to 5 7/8" long, unidentified touchmarks.
32502T30 Wheels (64) bio BDTM
Cast steel, 1/2" to 1" in diameter, unsigned.
All different patterns with no shaft or tooling.
Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial
Revolution

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