Try Square
Date1700-1800
OriginEngland
MediumSteel, iron, and brass
DimensionsLength: 3 11/16" Width: 2 7/16" Thickness of brass leg: 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1984-257
DescriptionSmall square comprised of a steel blade joined to a chamfered brass leg by three iron pins.Label TextOf unusually tiny porportions, the purpose of this attractive tool was to gauge a "square" angle of 90 degrees when marking and laying out small-scale work.
ca. 1796
c.1776
ca. 1810
1790-1800
1760-1780
1760-1770
1814-1825
ca. 1810
ca. 1765 case; ca. 1740 movement
1765-1785
ca. 1760
1805-1815