Stone, sharpening
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STICK
- DATE
- 1890
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0609.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Water of Ayr & Tam O'Shanter Hone Works Ltd.
- MODEL
- TAM O'SHANTER HONE
- LOCATION
- Scotland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STONE/ PAPER LABELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tool maintenance
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Water
- Country
- Scotland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Probably early part of 20 C.
- Canada
-
Owned and used by R. Fournier, a Quebec lithographer - Function
-
Used for removing scratches from litho plates and for sharpening fine tools [ref.1] Also used in places where complete removal would be difficult. - Technical
-
It is a composition of shale with minute crystal grains of garnet. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.5 Same label with varying degrees of legibility:'TRADE THE CELEBRATED SCOTCH MARK/ "TAM O'SHANTER" HONE./ Used by the most eminent firms of Watch and/ Clock Manufacturers, Lithographers, & c. & c./ The Merchandise Marks Act makes it an offence/ to remove Trade Labels, & c. Infringements/ will be prosecuted. Gold Medals, London, 1885/ and 1890, for excellence and quality of Stone./ The Water of Ayr and Tam O'Shanter Hone Works, Ltd.'/.6 Same except: 'MADE IN SCOTLAND'
- Missing
- All appear to be worn down
- Finish
- Orange labels with black printing
- Decoration
- N/A
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