Object Number 1986.0126

Object Name

Tool (for textiles) (Weaver's pick)

Category

Tools

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Edgar H. Sittig in memory of Edgar H. Sittig

Creator (Role)

Wilson (Maker)
Maker not positively identified.

Place of Origin

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Possibly Sheffield, England. Sheffield city directories (Rare Book Room) list numerous edge tool and steel makers with the surname Wilson during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (as per previous cataloguer, Scott Mangieri 08/16/2007).

Date

1780-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Left side of blade; "WILSON" stamped incuse in Roman capitals above a crown and a diamond.

Materials

Iron

Techniques

Wrought

Dimensions (inches)

5.394 (L) , 0.866 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.7 (L) , 2.2 (W)

Object Description

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