Compendium tool

Date1775-1825

MediumIron/steel

DimensionsOH: 2"; OW: 2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1987-30

DescriptionHorseshoe-shaped tool with multi-joint attachment for eight different implements, among which are two leather punches, corkscrew, boot hook, turn screw, two awls, and horse picker. Outer frame is faceted.
Label TextThis folding tool is nearly identical to one illustrated in the Richard Timmons pattern book of 1845.
InscribedNone
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceThe Mechanick's Workbench, Marion, MA