| The Davistown Museum |
| Center for the Study of Early Tools |
| Scattered throughout The Davistown Museum are tools by important manufacturers who are also the subject of |
| information files compiled by the museum. This is a listing of our holdings for: |
| Simon Willard Group |
| | Status | Location |
| Historic Maritime II (1720-1800): The Second Colonial Dominion & the Early Republic |
| Domestic Utensils |
| 51201T8 | Document box | bio | photo | BDTM | MH |
| Brass, hide, wood, and iron, 12" long, 6 1/4" wide, unsigned, c. 1785 - 1800. |
| This domed hide document box was converted to a small tool box by Benjamin Willard or his sons and then used as a toolbox to hold the |
| assorted tools and woodenware listed in the Simon Willard Group. |
| Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial |
| Revolution |
| Blacksmith, Farrier, and Metalworking Tools |
| 51201T12 | File | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Steel, 10 1/2" long, signed "P S Stubs". |
| This file is from the Simon Willard toolbox. |
| Measuring Tools |
| 51201T9 | Screw clamp | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Wood, 3 7/8" wide with 5" long wooden screws, signed with the mark "5". |
| This clamp is from the Simon Willard toolbox. |
| Miscellaneous Tools |
| 51201T14 | Lot of 21 tools | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Steel or wood, unsigned. |
| Eight steel tools (files, punches) and 13 wood items (handles, shims, and three wood balls used for measuring diameters). These are all |
| from the Simon Willard toolbox. |
| 51201T13 | Stroup | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Leather and wood, 10 5/8" long, 1 5/16" wide, unsigned. |
| A stroup is used for keeping a fine edge on gouges by removing burrs. |
| Woodworking: Edge Tools - Imported Cast Steel |
| 51201T11 | Gouge | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Cast steel and wood, 10 1/4" long, 5 7/8" wooden handle, signed "J. CAM". |
| This gouge is from the Simon Willard toolbox. |
| 51201T10 | Gouge | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Cast steel and wood, 9 1/2" long with 5 1/2" wood handle, 13/64" wide gouge, signed "Butcher". |
| This gouge is from the Simon Willard toolbox. |
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