General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal handle [zinc ?]; steel cutting wheel.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

13.1 cm

Width

1.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Tools-Hand

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Red

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Presumably used by J. Anthony c. late 1890s- late 1940s.

Canada

Part of a collection of hand tools belonging to James Anthony (1883-1966), an English born and trained carpenter who came to Canada c. 1910 and worked in and around Ottawa, ON. Following the 1916 fire which destroyed the Parliament buildings and damaged the Library, Mr. Anthony was hired as a foreman with the restoration crews. Until 1920, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Peace Tower and the installation of new windows at the Library of Parliament. He later worked with various builders in the Ottawa area, retiring in the late1940s. After his death in 1966 the tools were given to his son Jack, who in turn donated them to CSTMC. [Ref. 1]

Function

Used to score glass.

Technical

Steel glass-cutting wheels replaced diamond cutting heads, and have been widely used by tradesmen since the c1890s. The wheel is typically mounted on a metal handle fitted with recessed grooves known as "gates" or "racks": these are of varying widths, and are used for breaking off small pieces or rough edges of glass. [Ref. 3, p. 210]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" RED DEVIL" cast in raised print on one side of handle; " 024 " and " U S A " stamped into reverse.

Missing

None.

Finish

Cast metal handle [possibly zinc] painted bright red, with black tip; silver metal mounting for steel cutting wheel.

Decoration

N/A