Chiseling Hammer
date: label: date made
content: After 1890
name: label: associated user
content: Pirie, W.
label: associated user
content: Woods, C.
label: manufacturer
content: Trow and Holden
label: maker
content: Trow and Holden
notes: label: Description
content: This is a chiseling hammer which would have been used by a stone carver. The inscriptions on the tool suggest it was manufactured by Trow and Holden in Barre, Vermont.
label: Description
content: It has a symmetrical, double-faced head with a sloping top and a flat bottom. Chamfers are flared to round faces and it has an evenly tapered handle wrapped with bright wire at the neck.
label: Description
content: Trow and Holden, the company who manufactured this tool, began in 1890. Today, they still forge, form, and finish all their tools on the same historic site in Barre, Vermont.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Barre
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Olde Country Store of Witmer, PA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1265.24
label: accession number
content: 1979.1265
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1265.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hammer
label: Other Terms
content: Hammer; Stonecutter/Stone Dresser; Stoneworking; Striking & Prizing Tools; Hand Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, hickory (overall material)