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DS1996-0793
Dovetail Saw
DS1996-0793

Dovetail Saw

Date1767-1773
Artist/Maker Robert Dalaway
MediumIron/steel, brass, wood
DimensionsOL: 14 15/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1990-100
DescriptionBrass backed dovetail saw marked "DALAWAY."
Label TextThis saw was marked by Robert Dalaway, an edge tool maker working in the English industrial city of Birmingham during the last half of the 18th century.
InscribedNone
MarkingsStamped "DALAWAY" on back band.
ProvenanceThe Merchanick's Workbench, Marion, MA