Template, mortising
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1853–1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.1652.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- home built
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- wood
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.5 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 4.3 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Presumably used c. period mid-late 1860s- 1940s.
- 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] In addition to J. Anthony, T. Minors name is stamped into template. Thomas Minors (b. 1853) was a carpenter in Truro, Cornwall [England]. He was listed at a Union St. address in the 1891 Census of Cornwall. Minors may have owned this mortising template before it was acquired by J. Anthony. - Function
-
Pattern for reproducing standard size, placement and angle of finished piece. - Technical
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Mortising templates (also called morticing jigs or patterns) are used much as paper patterns are used in tailoring. They ensure uniform length, width, depth and placement are reproduced when fitting hinges or other hardware, cutting and laying out trim around doors, windows, baseboards, etc. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "J. ANTHONY" and "T. MINORS" stamped into template.
- Missing
- Unknown: appears complete.
- Finish
- Dark brown wood has been stained (?)
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Template, mortising, between 1853–1940, Artifact no. 2004.1652, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1652.001/
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