Drill, pearl
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANUAL AND ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0108.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL, SAVE WOODEN HANDLE FITTED TO DRILL ARM. MOUNTED ON WOODEN BOARD/TABLE TOP; SYNTHETIC CASING (BAKELITE?) FOR ON-OFF SWITCH MONTED ON THIS BOARD; RUBBER (?) AND SYNTHETIC COVERED WIRING AND PULLEY.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 47.0 cm
- Width
- 34.0 cm
- Height
- 17.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools & equipment-trades
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF PEARL DRILL MAY HAVE BEEN USED C. 1910+.
- Canada
-
PART OF A COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY & SILVER MAKING TOOLS AND EQ. FROM THE HENRY BIRKS AND SONS WORKSHOPS IN MONTREAL. HENRY BIRKS OPENED HIS JEWELLERY STORE IN MONTREAL IN 1879; IN 1893 THE FIRM BECAME HENRY BIRKS AND SONS, WITH SILVERWARE & JEWELLERY WORKSHOPS IN MONTREAL, & POSSIBLY TORONTO. MFG. OPERATIONS CEASED C.1995. - Function
-
TO PRODUCE A HOLE IN PEARLS, PRIOR TO STRINGING OR FITTING WITH POST, ETC. - Technical
-
UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIZED DRILLS LIKE THIS EXAMPLE, HOLES IN PEARLS WERE MADE BY HAND USING SIDE OR UPRIGHT DRILLS, A TIME CONSUMING PRACTICE WHICH RESULTED IN THE SPOILING OF MANYPEARLS. PEARL DRILLS PROBABLY DEV'D MID-LATE 19TH C.. EARLY MODELS WERE MANUALLY OPERATED; MANY WERE LATER MODIFIED BY ADDITION OF SMALL ELECTRIC MOTORS, AS APPEARS TO BE THE CASE WITH THIS EXAMPLE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident, save "3" stamped into several of the drill component pieces.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE, SAVE ONE "BIT" (PIANO WIRE?). SCREWS WITH HEADS PAINTED BRIGHT RED AND FITTED ON EITHER SIDE OF DRILL PROPER OBVIOUSLY NOT ORIGINAL.
- Finish
- NATURAL FINISH ALMOST ENTIRELOBSCURED BY THICK COATING OF GREASE AND DIRT.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Drill, pearl, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1998.0108, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0108.001/
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