Chisel
- Object Name:
- Chisel
- Object ID:
- 1998.005.25
- Creator:
- Cattaraugus Cutlery Company
Cutlery Maker - Place of Origin:
- Little Valley, NY
- Date:
- 1930-1960
- Description:
- Chisel or carving tool. Steel blade hafted in wooden handle. Rounded handle with one flat side. Blade runs perpendicular to flat side of handle. Maker's mark stamped on shaft of blade, "[CAT]TARAUGUS 1". Part of name hidden inside handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-1.5 L-4.25 D-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Jess D. Blackstone (1909-1988), bird carver, Pembroke, NH. Jess was taught bird carving by his father, Arthur M. Blackstone, who was also a linoleum block printer. Arthur and Jess worked together in Melrose, MA, in the 1930s. Jess began a solo career of bird carving c. 1940, when he and Edith moved to New Hampshire (listed as "craftsman" in Concord Directory, 1941-42). He focused on birds of NH. Jess is reported to have been the first bird carver in the League of NH Craftsmen. He continued bird carving into the 1980s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jane Blackstone
- People:
- Blackstone, Jess (1909-1988)
- Subjects:
- Birds, Chisels & mallets, Carving
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