Gauge Block
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
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 iron gauge block resembles a truncated wedge and is cast with the raised letters “T&H”, referring to the manufacturing company, Trow and Holden. Iron gauge blocks were used by stone carvers in conjunction with a straightedge and a level, set into the four corners of an undressed stone slab to gauge the “wind” (twist) of the stone face.
label: Description
content: Trow and Holden, the company who manufactured this gauge block, 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: 1979.1265.02
label: accession number
content: 1979.1265
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1265.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gauge Block
label: Other Terms
content: Gauge Block; Stonecutter/Stone Dresser; Stoneworking; Measuring & Gauging Tools; Hand Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.4 cm; 2 1/2 in