| Davistown Museum Inventory of Tools | The Epstein Hoard |
| | Status | Location |
| 31602T14 | Weights (collection) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Bronze, 3 1/2", 2" and 1 13/16" wide, unsigned except for troy weight descriptions. |
| Three crucibles with three different varieties of weights. |
| 32502T46 | Anvil | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel, 3" long including tang for pritchel, unsigned. |
| 32502T1 | Box | bio | BDTM | T |
| Walnut with brass hardware, 13 3/4" x 12 3/4" x 4 1/8" high with two hinged lids, signed "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 toolmaker of Braintree, MA, c. 1795? The Liberty Tool Co. recycled at least five of his edge tools (broad axes, draw knifes) in the 1970s. |
| 32502T40 | Burnisher | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel, unsigned. |
| It has no handle. |
| 32502T10 | Chasing tools (3) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel, 2 1/2" to 3 1/2" long, signed with unknown touchmarks. |
| 32502T9 | Etching and scribing tools (5) | bio | BDTM | T |
| 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 | T |
| Cast steel, 3" long with 1" float surface, unsigned. |
| The long end is a fine filing surface. |
| 32502T24 | Hand spindles (3) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel, brass, and wood, 5 1/16", 4 3/4", and 3 3/8" long, unsigned. |
| 32502T25 | Jewelers' anvils (2) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Bronze, 3 11/32" long, 3/4" wide and 3 3/8" long, 5/8" wide, unsigned. |
| One is more highly finished than the other. |
| 32502T4 | Jewelers' files | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel, various lengths, signed "Graves & Sons" "W Greaves" "Lord & Co." "Triumph Smart & Child Co." "J. M. Martin" (2) "P. Ashton" |
| (2) "Martin CS" "RS Sanders" (2) "Spanale" "RAINE". |
| "R M Cock" "Grobet" (2) "Friely". This Epstein hoard file lot illustrates the wide variety of European sources for steel files: English, German, |
| French, and Italian. |
| 32502T2 | Jewelers' files (30) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel or iron, 3" to 6" long, signed with obscure marks or no mark. |
| 32502T3 | Jewelers' files (7) | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast steel, 3 1/4" to 6 3/4" long, signed "Stubs". |
| 32502T18 | Ladle | bio | BDTM | T |
| Cast iron, bronze, and wood, 6" long, unsigned. |
| 32502T47 | Ring sizer | bio | BDTM | T |
| Wood, 11 7/8" long, 3/4" maximum diameter at head of taper, unsigned. |
| This is used for measuring ring diameters. |
| 32502T22 | Scale level | bio | BDTM | T |
| Brass, 3 1/4" long, 1 1/16" wide, signed "PR" (by the owner) and marked "1 - 18". |
| 32502T23 | Scale level | bio | BDTM | T |
| Brass, 5 5/8" long, 13/16" wide, signed "Sussfeld Lousch & Co New York", "Lepine", "Lever" with scale 000 to 30 and 1 - 27. |
| 32502T21 | Scale level | bio | BDTM | T |
| Brass, 5 3/4" long, tapered, unsigned. |
| It is marked "1 - 32" for measuring. |
| 32502T42 | Screwdriver | bio | BDTM | T |
| Brass, 3 15/16" long, unsigned. |
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