Mold, Papermaking

Object Name:

Mold, Papermaking

Object ID:

1991.090.01

Creator:

Hall-Marshall & Banks -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Dartford, England

Date:

1813-1830

Description:

Mold, for laid paper, early 19th century, for handmade paper. Owned by paper manufacturer Jeremiah Fisher Daniell (1800-1868) of Franklin, NH. With fitted wood (ash) frame, corners nailed. Rectangular wood box (dovetailed and pegged) laid with copper wire. Watermarks sewn on with copper wire, "G.R. / 1813" (George Rex), and crest. Copper nameplate reads "HALL-MARSHALL & / BANKS DARTFORD". Shows wear on frame typical of a well-used mold.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Copper

Dimensions:

H-1.5 W-14 L-33 inches

Provenance:

Card with paper mold typed "LAID HAND MOLD AND DECKLE / FOR MAKING PAPER / USED BY JEREMIAH F. DANIELL / 1830-1840 / PEABODY AND DANIELL PAPER COMPANY / FRANKLIN, N.H."
Jeremiah Fisher Daniell (1800-1886), Newton, MA and Franklin, NH. Journeyman papermaker in Newton with Curtis Paper Mills; moved to Franklin c 1835 to manage the Peabody Paper Mills, later Peabody & Daniell Paper Mills. Daniell may have brought these molds with him when he moved from MA. to NH, but it is unclear if they were ever used in his NH operations; these molds would have been technologically obsolete by that time.

Credit Line:

Gift of Warren Fisher Daniell III and Jere Rogers Daniell II

People:

Daniell, Jeremiah F. (1800-1868), Daniell, Jere Rogers II (1932-2022), Daniell, Warren Fisher III

Subjects:

Paper, Paper industry, Watermarks