General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

wood and metal

Dimensions

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

Length

34.0 cm

Width

5.5 cm

Height

6.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Tools-Hand

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Presumably used by J. Anthony c. late 1890s- late 1940s; possibly also used earlier by Thomas Minors and Nicholas Olive.

Canada

Part of a collection of hand tools belonging to James Anthony (1883-1966), an English born and trained carpenter who came to Canada c. 1910 and worked in and around Ottawa, ON. Following the 1916 fire which destroyed the Parliament buildings and damaged the Library, Mr. Anthony was hired as a foreman with the restoration crews. Until 1920, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Peace Tower and the installation of new windows at the Library of Parliament. He later worked with various builders in the Ottawa area, retiring in the late1940s. After his death in 1966 the tools were given to his son Jack, who in turn donated them to CSTMC. [Ref. 1] J Anthony, T. Minors and N. Olive names all stamped into tool, presumably as one-time owners. Thomas Minors [b. 1853] was a carpenter in Truro, Cornwall, birthplace of J. Anthony. Nicholas Olive [b. 1868] was a printer in Truro: in 1881 he lived at 19-18 Pydar St., just a few blocks away from T. Minors. By 1891 Nicholas had moved away from the area, although his family was still listed at the same address. [Ref. 2]

Function

Used for marking a line parallel with the edge of a piece of wood.

Technical

Early marking gauges were constructed from a single piece of wood: the shoulder was held against the edge of the work and drawn along, scoring a single fixed mark. [Ref. 4] They were replaced by adjustable gauges like this example, which have a moveable fence (head) on a rigid bar, fixed by a captive wedge.[Ref.3]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"J ANTHONY" , "T MINORS" and "N. OLIVE" all stamped on various areas of gauge.

Missing

Large shallow area of loss on one end of stem. Large area of veneer missing from one flat side of fence. Wedge is chipped.

Finish

Dark brown [stained ?] wood: fence has dark brown veneered finish; metal point.

Decoration

N/A