Bender, ring

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OBJECT TYPE: MANUAL
DATE: 1900–1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0111.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST METAL CONSTRUCTION.

Dimensions

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

Length: 32.0 cm
Width: 22.0 cm
Height: 10.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Machine
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: THIS RING BENDER MAY HAVE BEEN USED UNTIL 1995.
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 SHAPE HALF-ROUND, FLAT, OVAL AND ENGRAVED RING BLANKS INTO CIRCULAR RING SHAPE SIZES.
Technical: EARLIEST RING BENDERS PROBABLY DATE TO LATE 15TH C.. THIS EXAMPLE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO MODEL FEATURED IN C. 1950S CATALOGUE OF WATCHMAKERS' AND JEWELLERS' TOOLS, WITH A STEPPED MANDREL TO ALLOW FOR VARIOUS RING SIZES AND A DIE PLATE WHICH CAN BE REMOVED TO ACCOMODATE OTHERS OF VARIOUS SHAPES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Casting numbers (?) "66-1" & " 0 0 " appear on various component parts of ring bender.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE.
Finish: LEVER ARM PAINTED GREY.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Bender, ring, circa 1900–1950, Artifact no. 1998.0111, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0111.001/

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