Trowel
- Object Name:
- Trowel
- Object ID:
- 1971.027
- Creator:
- Maynard, Charles A. (1842-1922) -- Toolmaker
- Place of Origin:
- Northampton, MA
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Mason's Trowel. Silver-plated steel blade, with silver handle. Skewed diamond-shaped blade attached to stem at nearly right angle. Stem is inserted into a large handle with bulging round center. Nail at tip of handle. Inscribed silver panel covers most of the handle and reads, "TROWEL / OF / NAHUM ROBINSON, / CONTRACTOR AND / MASTER BUILDER, / Used by him Personally / in Early Life; / PROMINENT BUILDINGS OF / CONCORD, N.H." Stamped on front of blade is a five-pointed star with Roman letter "A" inside; small diamond-shaped impression below the A. Below the star, in Roman letters, is stamped "[C.]A. MAYNARD", incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-3.125 W-3.125 L-11.625 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Nahum Robinson (1829-1896), a stone mason and builder in Concord, NH. Robinson was a well-respected Concord citizen who greatly impacted the city during his lifetime. Bought by NHHS from auctioneer William A. Smith (1941-2000), of Plainfield, NH, at the 1971 auction of the estate of James Campbell Lewis, Cornish, NH. The Lewises were extensive collectors of antiques.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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