Tool, Gauge

Gauge

Tool, Gauge

Date: 1870-1880
Medium: Wood; metal: brass
Dimensions:
L: 34.5cm or 13 1/4", W: at widest point 6 1/2" or 16.5cm
Classification: Tools and Equipment for Materials
Object number: 1958.49.4a-c
Label text:Used by Nelson Long, Shipwright in the shipyard located on the Sixteen Mile Creek, possibly it's John Potter's, 1870s - 1880's or could be earlier.
DescriptionShipwright's tool gauge, wooden with a brass screw and two small hearts carved on it.
Not on display