Dovetail Saw
Date1767-1773
Artist/Maker
Robert Dalaway
OriginEngland, Birmingham
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
1790-1810
1790-1810
1770-1850
1775-1800
1750-1820
c.1709-1742
1750-1784
c. 1763
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1760-1800
1675-1750