TOOL, SETTING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- JEWEL SETTING PALLET
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19930009026
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- JEWEL SETTING PALLET
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 12.8
- Width
- 1.1
- Description
- WOOD & STEEL TOOL, WOOD HANDLE. STEEL PARTS CONSIST OF LEVER WITH THUMB PLATFORM WHICH MOVES A BEVELLED, FORKED SHAFT UP & DOWN ON SMALL PLATFORM OR PALETTE. LEVER IS HELD IN CLOSED POSITION BY STEEL SPRING. BLACKENED BY HEATING OVER OPEN FLAME. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- WATCHMAKING T&E
- Historical Association
- TRADES
- History
- EARL WAGNESS REPAIRED WATCHES PRIMARILY AS A HOBBY BEGINNING AFTER 1949. RETIRED TO LETHBRIDGE, FROM MILK RIVER IN 1956. SEE P19930009001-GA FOR DONOR HISTORY. USED TO SET A JEWEL, A PROCESS WHICH OFTEN USES HEAT & AN ADHESIVE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930009026
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-02
- Collection
- Museum
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