Pocket tool kit: box including hammer, two
Date1760-1800
Retailed by
Richard Dingly
(1767-1805)
OriginEngland, Birmingham
MediumIron/steel, brass, mahogany, tin and wool
DimensionsOval box: 5 7/8" x 3 1/4"; tool pad (handle): OL: 4 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1998-183,1&2A-K
DescriptionPocket tool kit comprised of 1) oval tin box, 2a) a hammer consisting of a shank and screw -on head, 2b&c) two turnscrews, 2d) a saw blade, 2e) a chisel, 2f) a four-sided reamer, 2g) a file, 2h-j) three gimlet blades, 2k) a bradawl. All tools are interchangeable, and are fitted inside the tin box in three compartments, the center one for the mahogany and brass handle and two flanking compartments for the tools.ProvenanceFound by Jay Gaynor at the Brown Tool Auction dealers' sale, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 23, 1998. Dealer, Tony Murland, reported to curator Jay Gaynor that he bought the kit at a David Stanley auction from a British rule dealer in Cheltenham. That dealer in turn had bought it at a car boot fair.
ca. 1830
1838 or later
1850-1910
1750-1820
Ca. 1775
Ca. 1775
Ca. 1720
ca. 1755