Chisel
- Object Name:
- Chisel
- Object ID:
- 1998.005.27
- Date:
- 1930-1970
- Description:
- Chisel/file. Steel file with chisel end, hafted in a wooden handle. Octagonal handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-0.9 L-9.5 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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