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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0114.002

MANUFACTURER: Adams Bros.
MODEL: 1-A
LOCATION: Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Cast metal

Dimensions

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Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Adams
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Rhode Island
City: Providence

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: THIS PRESS POSSIBLY USED C. 1910- 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 HISJEWELLERY 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: USED FOR FINE METAL EMBOSSING, BLANKING AND BENDING; AND FOR DIE-SINKING, EMBOSSING AND FORMING. THIS PRESS USED SPECIFICALLY FOR DIE-STAMPING SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS BROACHES, RINGS, MEDALS, BADGES, ETC.
Technical: DEVELOPMENT OF SCREW OR FLY PRESS DATES TO 16TH C, POSSIBLY EARLIER; FIRST USED FOR STRIKING COINS AND MEDALS. USED BY JEWELLERS FOR EMBOSSING, BLANKING AND BENDING OF FINE METALS, AND BY TOOLMAKERS FOR DIE SINKING, EMBOSSING & FORMING DIES, AND FOR SHEARING-IN PIERCING & TRIMMING DIES. RAISED LIP ON TABLE TOP PROVIDES FOR CONVENIENT HANDLING OF NUMEROUS SMALL DIES, BLANKS, ETC. (REF. 2). CROSS BAR LEVER AND ITS BALL COUNTER WEIGHT ARE MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE THRUST SCREW.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: UNKNOWN. LARGE PIECE BROKEN AND MISSING FROM RAISED EDGE OF PRESS TABLE. NO DIES OR PUNCHES RECEIVED WITH PRESS.
Finish: NATURAL FINISH COVERED BY HEAVY LAYER OF GREASE AND DIRT.
Decoration: N/A

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Adams Bros., Lever, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1998.0114, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0114.002/

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