Comb, Graining

Object Name:

Comb, Graining

Object ID:

1968.049.15.2

Date:

1885-1953

Description:

Comb, graining. Part of a six-piece set of graining tools. Wood-handled comb with hole in handle. Medium brown. Long rectangular handle, tapering slightly to perpendicular rectangular area from which six wide teeth extend forward. Area adjacent to handle juncture is slightly curved. Teeth ~0.26" wide. Space between them ~0.2". Teeth have flat ends and taper to fine edge. Taper ~1" long. Space between tines slightly curved where they meet body. Small hole near end of handle, 0.17" diameter. Some slightly red residue in a couple areas and small area of white residue, both of which are thin. Appears to have been some writing on one side of handle.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-6.9 W-2.6 D-0.15 inches Weight-0.35 oz

Provenance:

Probably found by donor in her home at 62 Elm Street, Lebanon, NH, the former residence of Jacob M. Kelly.

Note included with set: "Jacob Milton Kelly was born in Rumney, NH, on Jan. 25, 1867. He worked in Boston and the surrounding area for many years, where he was an expert on Victorian work and frescoing, mainly church building interiors. He came to Lebanon in 1902, continuing with the late John Gannon decorating the interior of the Baptist, Congregational, and Methodist churches. He later worked in Lebanon as a master painter. Lebanon's last of the master painters died in Lebanon in 1953. Ethel Rock Millen."

Credit Line:

Gift of Ethel Rock Millen

People:

Kelly, Jacob M. (1867-1953)