| 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: |
| Vaughan & Pardoe |
| | Status | Location |
| Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution |
| Coopers' Tools |
| 12801T7 | Coopers' adz | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Malleable iron and steel, 8" long, 1 1/4" square striking face, 2 9/16" wide blade, signed "VAUGHAN" "PARDOE & COX" "UNION" |
| WARRANTED". |
| This tool shows some evidence of hand work, including hand filing and hand-forged beveling at the handle socket, which protrudes from the |
| adz's body. An essential and commonly encountered tool in a coopers' workshop, it was used to construct the barrels, kegs, and casks of |
| Maine and New England's fishing and commercial industries and the West Indies and Wine Island trades. This is the first tool in our |
| Vaughan & Pardoe collection with Cox as part of the signature. Donated to the Museum by Rick Floyd. |
| Shipwrights', Sailmakers', and Mariners' Tools |
| TKD1301 | Blubber cutter (?) | bio | DTM | UNK |
| Forged iron or steel, 18" long with an 8" diameter cutter, signed "VAUGHAN" and "PARDOE & Co UNION WARRANTED". |
| Working dates for this company are 1844-1868. This tool was available for hands on perusal at the workbench in the main hall and is now |
| missing. |
| Woodworking: Edge Tools Made in Maine |
| 33011T2 | Adz | bio | DTM | TT |
| Forged iron and steel with oak handle, 8 1/2" long, 4" wide head and 36" long handle, signed "VAUGHN" "____" "WARRAN__" and |
| "UNION". |
| This adz has a spike head. The signature is difficult to read but appears to be Vaughn and Pardoe of Union, ME. For more information see |
| the Registry of Maine Toolmakers (Brack 2008). |
| 21201T3 | Clapboard slick | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Forged iron and steel, 29 3/4" long including a 7" handle, 2 3/16" wide blade, signed "_UGHAN & PARDO_ UNION WARRANTEED". |
| This is made by Vaughan & Pardoe of Union, Maine. Working dates for this company are 1844-1868. It is a gift to The Davistown Museum |
| from Rick Floyd of Newport, ME. |
| 062603T2 | Clapboard slick | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Forged iron and steel with a wooden handle, 34 3/8" total length, 15 3/4" handle, 4" wide blade, signed "VAUGHAN PARDOE & Co UNION |
| WARRANTED". |
| 31501T5 | Gouge | bio | DTM | MH |
| Forged iron and steel, 9 1/16" long, 1 1/8" wide blade, signed "VAUGHN" "TO__ & Co" " WARRANTED WARRANTED". |
| This is another example of the work of Vaughan & Pardoe of Union, ME. |
| 111001T3 | Gouge | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Forged iron and steel, wood, 14" long with 4 1/2" handle, 1 1/4" wide cutting edge, signed "Vaughan Pardoe & Co Warranted Union". |
| The working dates for this company are 1844-1868. |
| 61204T2 | Gutter adz | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Forged iron and weld steel and wood, 10 3/4" long, 2 1/2" wide, 2 1/2" diameter adz, 16" wood handle, signed "VAUGHN & PARDOE |
| UNION". |
| A welded steel-iron interface is clearly visible on this tool, which also shows extensive evidence of forge welding. The mark is partially |
| obscured. Vaughn & Pardoe was a prolific Union, Maine, edge toolmaker working in the mid-19th century. |
| 31908T16 | Mortising gouge | bio | photo | DTM | MH |
| Forged iron and steel, wooden handle, 17 5/8" long, 8" long blade, signed "VAUGHAN" " & PARDOE" "UNION" and "WARRANTED". |
| 41801T7 | Socket chisel | bio | DTM | MH |
| Forged iron and steel with wood handle, 12" long, 5" wood handle, signed "VAUGHAN & PARDOE UNION WARRANTED". |
| Working dates for this company are 1844-1868. This was a gift to The Davistown Museum from Rick Floyd of Newport, Maine. |
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