| Davistown Museum Inventory of Tools - Maritime III | Watchmakers and Jewelers' Tools |
| | Status | Location |
| 32502T1 | Box | bio | BDTM |
| Walnut with brass hardware, 13 3/4" x 12 3/4" x 4 1/8" high with two hinged lids, marked "BERTIE FAXON Brookville #4 c. |
| 1800" on a brass label on the box. |
| This box contains the Norman Epstein hoard of jewelers and watchmakers tools. Does Bertie Faxon have any relationship to |
| Richard Faxon edge tool maker of Braintree, MA, ca. 1795? The Liberty Tool Co. recycled at least five of his edge tools |
| (broad axes, draw knifes) in the 1970s. |
| 32502T40 | Burnisher | bio | BDTM |
| Cast steel, unsigned. |
| No handle. |
| 32502T10 | Chasing tools (3) | bio | BDTM |
| Cast steel, 2 1/2" to 3 1/2" long, touchmarks unknown. |
| 32502T34 | Closed socket wrench | bio | BDTM |
| Cast steel, 2 7/8" long, 1/7" thick, 1/4" square socket, unsigned. |
| TCP1003 | Draw plate | DTM |
| Cast steel, 6 1/8" long, 3" wide, Numbered but not signed. |
| 3405T4 | Drawplate | DTM |
| Steel, 3 13/16" long tapering to 15/16" wide, signed "MARTIN", "FITA", "GARANITIE", "36", "L" and numbered 0 - 14 including |
| four zero sizes. |
| Fourteen is the smallest diameter mark. This is an interesting example of an early 19th century French jeweler's drawplate. |
| 32502T9 | Etching and scribing tools (5) | bio | BDTM |
| Wood handles, 3 rosewood, 2 unknown tropical wood with brass ferrules, 4 1/2" to 6" long, unsigned. |
| One has a steel file and one a diamond cutter with a diamond tip. The other three have steel, brass or iron tips. |
| 32502T12 | Float | bio | BDTM |
| Cast steel, 3" long with 1" float surface, unsigned. |
| The long end is a fine filing surface. |
| 32502T24 | Hand spindles (3) | bio | BDTM |
| Cast steel, brass and wood, 5 1/16", 4 3/4" and 3 3/8" long, unsigned. |
| 32502T25 | Jeweler's anvils (2) | bio | BDTM |
| Bronze, 3 11/32" long, 3/4" wide and 3 3/8" long, 5/8" wide, unsigned, age unknown. |
| One is more highly finished than the other. |
| 32502T4 | Jeweler's files | bio | BDTM |
| Cast steel, etc., various lengths, signatures: "R M Cock" "Grobet" (2) Friely" "Graves & Sons" "W Greaves" "Lord & Co." |
| "Triumph Smart & Child Co." "J. M. Martin" (2) "P. Ashton" (2) "Martin CS" "RS Sanders" (2) "Spanale" "RAINE". |
| 32502T2 | Jeweler's files (30) | bio | BDTM |
| Cast steel, iron, etc., 3" to 6" long, unmarked or with obscure marks. |
| 32502T3 | Jeweler's files (7) | bio | BDTM |
| Cast steel, etc., 3 1/4" to 6 3/4" long, signed "Stubs". |
| 32502T18 | Ladle | bio | BDTM |
| Cast iron, bronze and wood, 6" long, unsigned. |
| 32502T47 | Ring | bio | BDTM |
| Wood, 11 7/8" long, 3/4" maximum diameter at head of taper, unsigned. |
| Used for measuring _______ |
| 32502T23 | Scale level | bio | BDTM |
| Brass, 5 5/8" long, 13/16" wide, signed "Sussfeld Lousch & Co New York", "Lepine", "Lever" with scale 000 to 30 and 1 - 27. |
| 32502T22 | Scale level | bio | BDTM |
| Brass, 3 1/4" long, 1 1/16" wide, marked "1 - 18" and initialed "PR" (by the owner). |
| 32502T21 | Scale level | bio | BDTM |
| Brass, 5 3/4" long, tapered, marked "1 - 32". |
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