Comb, Graining

Object Name:

Comb, Graining

Object ID:

1968.049.15.4

Date:

1885-1953

Description:

Comb, graining, with double tines. Part of a six-piece set of graining tools. Dark gray steel. Slightly rectangular. Straight edge opposite teeth. Corners rounded. On opposite side, teeth ~1.76" long, width varies but ~0.11" wide. Narrow slot between teeth. Teeth straight with flat end. Teeth in plane of main body. Alternating teeth are bent slightly in same direction and are irregularly ~0.3" away from main plane. Two teeth missing from one end. Paint residues on teeth, between teeth, and on both sides of body.

Material:

Metal
Steel

Dimensions:

W-4 L-3.625 D-0.4 inches Weight-1.55 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)