| 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: |
| J. Stevens & Company |
| | Status | Location |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Classic Period of American Machinists' Tools |
| Measuring Tools |
| 21201T11 | Adjustable calipers | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 6 1/8" long, signed "J. Steven A & T Co. Chicopee Falls Mass". |
| This signature is one of three variations listed in DATM (Nelson 1999, 757) for this prolific maker of bits, calipers, dividers, levels, machinist |
| tools, and guns, 1864 - 1903. In 1903 they were bought out by L.S. Starrett. |
| 10910T3 | Adjustable calipers | photo | photo | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 3 1/8" long, 2" wide, signed "PAT'D. FEB 14, 1888" "J. STEVENS A. & T. Co. CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS", c. 1888. |
| Donated by the Swenson family. |
| 10910T2 | Adjustable calipers | photo | photo | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 5" long, 2 3/4" wide, signed "PAT.FEB. 14, 1888" "STEVENS A. & T. CO. **** FALLS, MA" and "F.A. SKELTON" |
| (owner's mark), c. 1888. |
| The unreadable portion of the signature should be "Chicopee Falls". Donated by the Swenson family. |
| 42602T6 | Adjustable dividers | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 8" long, signed "J Stevens A & T Co Chicopee Falls Mass USA". |
| Formerly the J Stevens & Company, they changed their name to Stevens Arms & Tool Co. in 1886. Always a prolific maker of guns, their hand |
| tools are sought after examples of the classic period of American machinists' tools. |
| 032203T9 | Calipers | photo | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, brass, 3" long, signed "J. STEVENS A & T, CO." "FEALDEN", c. 1886. |
| This is an exquisite example of the fine work of J. Stevens Co. |
| 32912T5 | Dividers | DTM | TT-46 |
| Tempered alloy steel, 9 1/2" long, signed "J. STEVENS A. & T. CO. CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS. U.S.A.". |
| These dividers have sliding steel points. The maker’s mark indicates that these were made by Joshua Stevens Arms and Tool Company, |
| 1864-1886. Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
| 122002T1 | Dividers | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 4" long, signed "Stevens & Co.". |
| DATM (Nelson 1999, 757) contains historical information on Joshua Stevens & Co. |
| 032203T8 | Dividers | photo | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, brass, 9 3/4" long, signed "J STEVENS A & T CO. Chicopee Falls Mass USA". |
| J. Stevens began making calipers and dividers in 1864. They changed their name to J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. in 1886. These high quality |
| American-made dividers are typical of American-made tools appearing in tool kits at this time. |
| 41302T11 | Inside calipers | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 3 1/2" long, 1 3/8" wide when closed, signed "J. Stevens A & T Co. Chicopee Falls Mass PAT March 9 1886". |
| These are finely made beveled spring calipers. Joshua Stevens, one of the principal tool manufacturers of the classic period, worked in |
| Chicopee, MA, from 1864 to 1903. Numerous patents are listed. They changed their name to Stevens Arms & Tool Co. in 1886. This |
| company had a close association with the Davis Level & Tool Co. of Springfield, MA (1875 - 1892) with respect to the R. Hathaway patented |
| square (4 Dec. 1866). (Nelson 1999, 757, 214). |
| 41203T4 | Surface gauge | photo | LPC | MH |
| Steel, 4 1/8" long arm with a 1 7/16" wide by 2 3/8" long bar, signed "J. Stevens A & T Co" "Chicopee Falls Mass USA". |
| This is a classic example of the exquisite workmanship of the classic period of American machinist tools. |
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