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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