Drill, pearl

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OBJECT TYPE: MANUAL AND ELECTRIC
DATE: 1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0108.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALL METAL, SAVE WOODEN HANDLE FITTED TO DRILL ARM. MOUNTED ON WOODEN BOARD/TABLE TOP; SYNTHETIC CASING (BAKELITE?) FOR ON-OFF SWITCH MONTED ON THIS BOARD; RUBBER (?) AND SYNTHETIC COVERED WIRING AND PULLEY.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 47.0 cm
Width: 34.0 cm
Height: 17.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools & equipment-trades
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: THIS TYPE OF PEARL DRILL MAY HAVE BEEN USED C. 1910+.
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY & SILVER MAKING TOOLS AND EQ. FROM THE HENRY BIRKS AND SONS WORKSHOPS IN MONTREAL. HENRY BIRKS OPENED HIS JEWELLERY STORE IN MONTREAL IN 1879; IN 1893 THE FIRM BECAME HENRY BIRKS AND SONS, WITH SILVERWARE & JEWELLERY WORKSHOPS IN MONTREAL, & POSSIBLY TORONTO. MFG. OPERATIONS CEASED C.1995.
Function: TO PRODUCE A HOLE IN PEARLS, PRIOR TO STRINGING OR FITTING WITH POST, ETC.
Technical: UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIZED DRILLS LIKE THIS EXAMPLE, HOLES IN PEARLS WERE MADE BY HAND USING SIDE OR UPRIGHT DRILLS, A TIME CONSUMING PRACTICE WHICH RESULTED IN THE SPOILING OF MANYPEARLS. PEARL DRILLS PROBABLY DEV'D MID-LATE 19TH C.. EARLY MODELS WERE MANUALLY OPERATED; MANY WERE LATER MODIFIED BY ADDITION OF SMALL ELECTRIC MOTORS, AS APPEARS TO BE THE CASE WITH THIS EXAMPLE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None evident, save "3" stamped into several of the drill component pieces.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE, SAVE ONE "BIT" (PIANO WIRE?). SCREWS WITH HEADS PAINTED BRIGHT RED AND FITTED ON EITHER SIDE OF DRILL PROPER OBVIOUSLY NOT ORIGINAL.
Finish: NATURAL FINISH ALMOST ENTIRELOBSCURED BY THICK COATING OF GREASE AND DIRT.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Drill, pearl, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1998.0108, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0108.001/

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