Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

3

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

wood, metal (including brass] and leather components; painted and stained finishes.

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

77,4 cm

Largeur

22,7 cm

Hauteur

43,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

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Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie industrielle

Catégorie

Entreposage d'outils

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Anthony

Pays

England

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Angleterre

État/province

Inconnu

Période

This box built,and presumably used by James Anthony c. late 1890s- late 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]

Fonction

To safely store and contain contents, namely an assortment of hand tools, and facilitate their transportation.

Technique

Like the tool chest [2004.1406] this tool box was made by Mr. Anthony as his carpentry apprenticeship project, sometime in the late 1890s but [before 1901 when he is listed as a carpenter in the British Census]. [Refs. 1 & 2] The box features 2 sliding tool trays [2004.1407.2 & .3] and would have been "packed" with tools suitable for performing a particular job or type of work. Wooden toggles have been fitted to the inside of the cover, presumably to secure longer saws/saw blades within the box. It is considered "...an excellent example of an early 1900s Carpenters [sic] portable tool box." [Ref. 2]

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

No markings evident.

Manque

One metal reinforced corner missing from rear proper right corner.

Fini

Solid wood box painted dark brown on interior & exterior surfaces; red-brown wood stain evident on some areas of interior; metal hardware [including brass corners]; brown leather handle.

Décoration

S/O