Historic Tools

Object/Artifact

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Historic Tools

Entry/Object ID

L.2012.004.001-113

Description

A collection of historic tools from David Hoffman, President of Edgewood Builders. Includes axes, molding planes, plow planes, window molding planes, measuring devices, braces and bits. Crown molder English or European Continent 19th century Fruitwood Crown molder American 18th century Beech Crown molder American Late 18th century Beech and iron Large Gothic molder American Late 18th- early 19th century Beech Casing molder American 1810 Beech Veneer splitter English 19th century Ebony and brass Adjustable mortise gauge English Early 19th century Ebony and brass Adjustable gauge English 19th century Rosewood and brass William Marples (b. 1809) Brace Sheffield, England 1828?1856 Ebony, brass, ivory and iron William Marples Brace Sheffield, England 1828-1856 Beech and brass with ivory and ebony trim "Witch's tooth" router English Early 19th century Ebony Folding rule American Early 1800s Ivory and German silver H. Sheridan and R. Ferguson (owners, not manufacturers) Fore plane English Late 18th century Beech Square and Bevel square English 19th century Ebony and steel with brass rivet plates Timber gauges Italy 17th century Wrought iron William Greenslade (b. 1801) Plow Bristol, England 1833/1846 Inscribed: W. Greenslade Beech, boxwood, iron and brass Greenfield Tool Co. (1851?1853) Beech plow Greenfield, Massachusetts 1851/1853 Beech and iron Inscribed: Greenfield Tool Co over Greenfield Mass. John Denison (1799?1876) Plow Saybrook, Connecticut 1840/1876 Rosewood Inscribed: J. Denison Orrin Edgerton (working, 1827?1850) Plow Buffalo, NY 1827/1850 Fruitwood (apple), brass and iron Inscribed: Edgerton over Buffalo "Pad bit" brace English 18th century Beech Cooper's brace American 19th century American Bits Probably English 18th and 19th centuries Iron "Gents" brace English 18th century Iron and birch Brace English 19th century Beech and brass "Cage head" brace American 18th century Wrought iron Brace American 18th century Fruitwood and Pewter "Grasshopper" mortise gauge American 1800 Chestnut and iron Chalk lines American 18th-19th century Pine with cotton line Square plumb with bob English 19th century Brass with iron tip Plumb bobs American 18th century Brass with iron tips Mason's plumb bob Probably English 17th century Brass and iron Folding rule English and American 19th century Boxwood Trammel points American 19th century Brass Mortise gauge English 19th century Brass and ebony Mortise gauge English 19th century Beech and brass Panel gauge English 18th century Ebony Square English 18th century Wrought iron Square plumb with bob English 19th century Brass with iron tip Lumber scale American Date unknown Hickory Dividers American 19th century Wrought iron Race knife American 18th-19th century Wrought iron with pine Dutch brace Germany Ca. 1790 Birch and iron Dutch plow planes Germany 1750 Birch and wrought iron Dutch hollow Germany 1790 Beech and iron Broad axe Transylvania or Hungary Ca. 1750 Various woods and iron Molding plane Germany 1780 Beech and iron E.H. Fisher and John Agnew Plow plane Columbia, SC 1859/1865 Beech Charles C. Gaines Tongue and groove planes New Orleans, LA 1849/1862 Beech and iron J. Stinton & Co. Adjustable sash plane Richmond, VA 19th century Beech, boxwood and iron E.J. Ries & Co. Fillester plane New Orleans, LA 19th century Beech, boxwood, brass and iron Van Lew & Smith Sash or door molding planes Richmond, VA 1845/1846 Beech, boxwood and iron William Adger (b. 1818) Plow plane Charleston, SC Mid- 19th century Beech Inscribed: Wm Adger over Charleston SC James McKee Plow Plane Chester, SC 19th century Yellow poplar H. W. Connor & Co. (working, 1819?1839) Charleston, SC Hyde & Clark Tongue plane Charleston, SC Mid-late 19th century Beech Inscribed: Clark Hyde & Co. over Charleston Roosevelt, Hyde & Clark (H.L. Roosevelt, New York, b. 1813), (Simeon Hyde, Connecticut, b. 1810) & (Robert Clark, New York, b. 1823) Plow plane Charleston, SC 1830/1854 Beech Panel raising plane American Late 18th century Beech, iron and ivory Small Fillester plane American 1800 Birch, boxwood, brass and iron Sash coping templates English 18th and 19th centuries Beech and mahogany with brass faces Coping Plane American 19th century Beech Coping chisel with integral depth stop English Ca. 1800 Birch and iron Muntin profile English 18th century Probably beech Curved-sole plan English Early 19th century Beech and iron Sill drip groove planes English 18th-19th century Birch, beech and iron Sash Planes American 19th century Beech with iron I Clark Place unknown Inscribed: I Clark T Theston Boston, MA Israel White (1804-1839, working, 1831-1839) Philadelphia, PA M.P. Wilmarth (b. 1820) Skewed dado plane Central Fall, RI Ca. 1840 Beech and iron Joseph Bushell Bridge (working, 1839-1851) Snides bill planes Liverpool, England 1840 Charles W. Holden (1817-ca. 1875) Handrail planes Norwich, CT 1850/1875 Beech Bullnose plane English 19th century Beech, brass and iron Sandusky Tool Co. (1869- ca. 1920) Nosing plane Sandusky, OH 1869-/ca. 1920 Beech and iron E. Preston & Sons (working, 1864-1900) Plane Birmingham, England 1864/1900 Beech and iron John Kamp Quarter round plane Probably Pennsylvania 1790 Beech Inscribed: I Kamp Staniforth & Food (John Staniforth, working, 1821-1865) and (William Food, working, mid-late 19th century) Plane Birmingham, England 1843/1854 Beech and iron John Lindenberger (1754- 1817) Quarter-round plane (left) and reverse ogee with bead (right) Providence, R.I. 1800 Birch and iron Edward Preston (1805-1883) Chamfer plane Birmingham, England 1825/1865 Beech, boxwood and iron Panel raising plane American Late 18th century Beech, iron and ivory Nathaniel Spaulding (1795-1871) Adjustable dado plane McLean, NY 1840 Beech, brass and iron Quarter-round plane English 19th century Beech and iron Thomas Cauldwell (working, 1798-1821) Halving plane English 1800 Birch and iron J.R. Griffiths (working, 1827-1844) Stepped quarter-round plane Norwich, England 1830 Beech and iron N.A. Chase Plane 1790 Beech and iron E. Preston & Sons (working, 1864-1900) Plane Birmingham, England 1840 Plane English 19th century Beech and iron Warner Carpenter (b. 1834) Bolection mold Lancaster, PA 1850/1855 Birch and iron Inscribed: W. Carpenter over Lancaster Quarter-round plane American 18th century Fruitwood and iron Austin Baldwin (1807-1886) and Elbridge Baldwin (1810-1870) Gothic plane Albany, NY 1850 Beech and iron Small quarter-round plane American 1770 Beech and iron Thomas Barnard and Henry Brown (working together, 1800-1803) Plane English 1800 Beech, iron and lignum vitae Inscribed: Brown & Barnard Plane American 1800 Beech, rosewood and iron James Kellogg (b. 1792, working, 1834-1867) Left and right bead planes Amherst, MA 1834/1867 Beech, boxwood and iron Robert Hoey (working, 1934-1840) Plane New York City, NY 1834 Beech, boxwood and iron William and Henry McKinnell Plane Cincinnati, OH 1848/1850 Beech, boxwood and iron William Moss (working, 1775-1843) Bead plane Birmingham, England 1780 Beech and iron Joseph Fuller (1746-1822, working 1772-1822) Bead plane Providence, RI 1772/1822 Beech, boxwood and iron John Manners (working, 1792-1822) Molder Glasgow, Scotland 1792/1822 Beech and iron William Deeley (working, 1826-1858) Reed plane England 1840 Beech, boxwood and iron Small double reed plane English 19th century Beech and iron Multiple reed plane English 1790 Fruitwood and iron H. Yost Large reed plane with handle Lewisburg, PA 19th century Yellow poplar and iron Ansel Fish (b. 1806, working, 1836-1855) Plane Lowell, MA 1840 Beech, boxwood and iron Leonard Bacon Bigelow (b. 1809) Plane Providence, RI 1841 Beech, boxwood and iron Plane Troy, NY Ca. 1800 Beech and iron Charles E. Tucker and Thomas L. Appleton Pair of hollow and rounds planes 1868/1871 Handrail shaves English 19th century Beech and possibly mahogany Shave plane English 18th century Beech

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation

Made/Created

Date made

1700 - 1900

Place

Location

America, France, Germany, England

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tool, Combination

Nomenclature Class

Multiple Use T&E for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Location

Building

ARH

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

ARH first floor

Condition

Overall Condition

Exellent

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: David Hoffman

Exhibition

Intake

Loan In

L.2012.004

Lender

Edgewood Builders

Date Received

Sep 19, 2012

General Notes

Note

Status By: Bridget O'Brien

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 13, 2012

Updated By

bobrien

Update Date

December 11, 2012