Name/Title
Gauge, CuttingEntry/Object ID
1993.2.19Description
Leathermorking tool composed of a curved wood and iron handle. Iron component extends above wood and has threaded screw at top. A central rectangular shaped opening has a moveable iron ruler, hole in end of ruler houses blade. A threadable screw is at the end of the ruler. *Handle with care, blade is sharp
Mark: "C.S. OSBOURNE & CO. / NEWARK, N.J., / ESTB 1826"
From "Dictionary of Leather-Working Tools c. 1700-1950" by R.A. Salaman, p. 252:
"This tool is similar to carpenter's marking gauge except that it has a cutting blade instead of a scratch point. It is made of wood or iron and may be regarded as the ancestor of the plough gauge. The tool consists of a square or oval stem c. 10 in. long and often graduated; this stem penetrates the fence-block which can be set in any desired position along hte stem with a set-screw or wedge. The stem carries a cutter knife at one end which can be adjusted for depth of cut by means of a wedge or thumb screw."Made/Created
Artist
C.S. Osbourne & Co.Date made
1850 - 1950Place
* Untyped Place
Newark, NJ, USADimensions
Height
6 inWidth
6 inDepth
3 inRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
McClay, Albert and JohnProvenance
Notes
Object owned and used by John McClay, circa 1854 and his son, Albert McClay, circa 1908-1977. Object donated, in 1993, by Wayne Cunningham, son-in-law to Albert McClay.