Vise
- Object Name:
- Vise
- Object ID:
- 1991.038
- Creator:
- Foss, Robert F.
Carpenter - Place of Origin:
- Laconia, NH
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Clamp or vise, cast steel, to hold saw for sharpening teeth. Made by Robert F. Foss, Laconia, NH, c. 1900. Raised cast lettering on movable jaw: "THE FOSS SAW FILER PAT'D FEB. 22ND '98." Screw at base to clamp to bench.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-15.5 W-12.75 D-4.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donors in 1980s as a working tool.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garvin
- Subjects:
- Saws, Sharpening and honing tools
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