| | 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 |
| 32502T44 | Keys (2) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Iron, unsigned. |
| These are used for steel locks on the box lids. |
| 32502T30 | Wheels (64) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel, 1/2" to 1" in diameter, unsigned. |
| All the wheels have different patterns with no shaft or tooling. |
| 32502T27 | Adjustable clamp | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel (?) and brass, 5" long, 1 1/2" wide sliding side clamp with brass screws, unsigned. |
| This has an unusual and uncommon form. |
| 32502T29 | Adjustable clamp | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel with broken forged iron wing adjustment nut, 3 3/4" long, 5/8" wide jaws, unsigned. |
| This is a typical model adjustable clamp. |
| 32502T45 | Awl | bio | BDTM | T |
| 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 | T |
| Cast steel (?), 1 13/16" long, unsigned. |
| 32502T39 | Brush | bio | BDTM | T |
| 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 | T |
| Cast steel and brass, 2 3/4" long, 1 3/4" wide when closed, unsigned. |
| 32502T6 | Draw plate (2) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel, 4" long, 1 1/2" wide, 5/16" thick and 4 9/16" long, 1 1/16" wide, 1/8" thick, signed on the larger one "B H & Co 33 - 46". |
| The smaller also has smaller square holes. |
| 32502T7 | Fragments from tiny jewelers' laths (4) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Brass, wood, one with wood pulley 5/8" diameter, unsigned. |
| It has two tracks for a belt. |
| 32502T28 | Handles | bio | BDTM | T |
| Bone, 3 1/16" long and 2 3/8" long, unsigned. |
| These bone handles have no tool with them. |
| 32502T26 | Jewelers' _________ | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel, unsigned. |
| It has an adjustable slide. |
| 32502T8 | Jig | bio | BDTM | T |
| Brass and steel, 1 3/4" long including adjustable steel pin, unsigned. |
| This is some sort of 18th century jewelers' precision measuring tool. It has finely made tiny knobs on the side and on the adjusting steel leg. |
| A most unusual tool. |
| 32502T31 | Tweezers (8) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel, 3 1/4" to 5 7/8" long, signed with unidentified touchmarks. |
| Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial |
| Revolution |
| | Page 1 of 3 |