Name/Title
Chest, ToolEntry/Object ID
2013.15.1a-bDescription
a) Tool chest originating with Joseph Daniel, 1" thick yellow pine (primary wood), remnants of original blue paint, front center stenciled "GCE" [for Gaines Caswell Emmett, second owner] in gold, solid-wood brass-hinged lid with applied 1 1/4"w trim (also around base), trim applied with hand-wrought square nails, dovetailed joints, round corners on lid, block feet, wrought-iron plates and recessed horseshoe-shaped handles at each end, trademark on left corner of lock/bears letters Y&T, escutcheon around key hole, interior lid fitted with swing-down frame with slots to hold two saws, four wood trays (divided in two and three sections) stacked in two layers and fitted for tools, floor with dividers for various wood planes and levels, locks automatically when lid closes/opens with skeleton key, 22"h x 39"w x 22"d, c. 1848.*
b) Skeleton key. NOTE: takes key to open chest.
*NOTE: Article from 2/28/1932 indicates that the tool chest was made by Joseph 84 years before, which would be 1848, and contains Ganes's hand-carving tools, "the biggest set of tools of the kind in the South" (according to him). Shows in partial photo.
- Assorted cabinetmaker's tools used by Daniel and added to by later owners. Square of hide glue (processed somewhere in the U.S., probably Chicago.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Daniel, JosephNotes
Date: 1848 c.Dimensions
Height
22 inWidth
39 inDepth
22 in