Bit
- Object Name:
- Bit
- Object ID:
- 1998.005.38
- Date:
- 1930-1960
- Description:
- Tobacco tin with drill bits, etc. Contains: 46 loose bits, 2 bits in a wooden container, 1 drill adjusting tool, 2 sanding disks, 1 rectangular stone, 1 wood cone, and 1 triangular blade. On side of tin is handwritten "DRILLS". Lid decorated in blue, and reads "EDGEWORTH / EXTRA / HIGH GRADE / PLUG SLICE / SMOKING TOBACCO / LARUS & BRO.CO. RICHMOND, VA.U.S.A." The tin maker's mark is on interior of lid, "AMERICAN CAN CO. 50.A." Tobacco regulations cited on bottom.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Tin - Dimensions:
- H-0.75 W-3.25 D-2.1 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, Tobacco, Boxes, Drills (Machinery)
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