Lathe
- Object Name:
- Lathe
- Object ID:
- 1991.080.02
- Creator:
- Brown, John -- Gunsmith
- Date:
- 1850-1900
- Description:
- Gunsmith's lathe from John Brown's shop in Fremont, NH. Foot operated. Metal (steel, iron) with wood foot pedal. Leather belt around power wheel (25.5" diam.).
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Leather
Steel
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-40 W-66 D-27.5 inches Weight-3200 oz
- Provenance:
- All objects in this accession purchased at J. C. Devine auction at Sheraton Tara Wayfarer, Bedford, NH, Sept. 22, 1991. All from the collection of Henry Weber of Pelham, NH, who acquired lathe from Herbert Wilbur of Fremont, NH. Said to have been purchased by Wilbur's father from Brown's gun shop in Fremont, c. 1900.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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