Awl

Object Name:

Awl

Object ID:

1973.003.048

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Awl, Watchmaker's. Wooden handle, conical, with three flat sides. Four decorative rings incised. Butt end narrows, then makes a mushroom-shaped end cap. Opposite end has brass ferrule and a four-sided spike.

Material:

Metal
Wood
Brass

Dimensions:

L-4.5 Dia-1 inches

Provenance:

Part of large group of watchmaker's tools and parts, formerly contained in watchmaker's bench 1973.003.198, donated by clock collector Charles S. Parsons of Goffstown, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles S. Parsons

People:

Parsons, Charles S. (1904-1988)

Subjects:

Watch making