Mold, Papermaking
- Object Name:
- Mold, Papermaking
- Object ID:
- 1991.090.02
- Creator:
- Allen C. & William Curtis Mill -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Newton Lower Falls, MA
- Date:
- 1813-1830
- Description:
- Mold, for woven paper, early 19th century. Owned by paper manufacturer Jeremiah Fisher Daniell (1800-1868) of Franklin, NH. With fitted wood frame. Rectangular wood box (dovetailed and pegged; brass and copper corner hardware) covered with mesh over copper wire. Watermarks sewn into mesh, "AC & W CURTIS", and eagle (Allen C. & William Curtis, Newton Lower Falls, MA, late 1820s).
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass
Copper - Dimensions:
- H-1.75 W-14.75 L-35.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned and used by 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
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