Chiseling Hammer
date: label: date made
content: 1871-1920
name: label: associated user
content: Pirie, W.
label: associated user
content: Woods, C.
label: manufacturer
content: H. H. Harvey and Company
label: maker
content: Harvey and Company, H. H.
notes: label: Description
content: This is a chiseling hammer which would have been used by a stone carver. The inscriptions - H.H.HARVEY [/] MANUF'R [/] AUGUSTA,M[E.] [/] [?] XELL – refer to the manufacturer.
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. The bottom of the head tapered upwards slightly.
label: Description
content: H.H. Harvey was a manufacturer of tools for quarry workers, stone masons, and blacksmiths, with a factory in Augusta, Maine, and a store and office in Boston, Massachusetts. They were in operation from 1871 to at least 1914 (possibly 1920). The business was named for Henry H. Harvey (1840-1928), a native of England. The plant was destroyed by fire in 1893, and the announcement that it was being rebuilt said that Mr. Harvey's 3 sons were then active in the business. They were George H. Harvey (1862-1902), Fred M. Harvey (1863-1945), and Frank A. Harvey (1867-after 1930). The 1894 book, Boston and Bostonians has a page about the business.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Augusta
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: 1979.1265.25
label: accession number
content: 1979.1265
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1265.25
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)