Tool Types

Engraving machines.

Directory of American Toolmakers Information

Hope & Co. made "Engraving machines."

Identifying Marks

HOPE & Co. PROV. R.I." on one side and "SPRING STEEL" on the other.

General Information
 
Very few examples of this short-lived company's endeavors at the cusp of the Industrial Revolution exist.

Photographs
 

References

Nelson, Robert E., Ed. (1999). Directory of American Toolmakers: A listing of identified makers of tools who worked in Canada and the United States before 1900. Early American Industries Association.

Links

/Inventoryofpictures/WebAlloyTypesPage2.html -- Inventory listing of machinist's rule possibly manufactured by Hope & Co.