General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

wood, metal (including brass] and leather components; painted and stained finishes.

Dimensions

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

Length

77.4 cm

Width

22.7 cm

Height

43.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Tool storage

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Anthony

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This box built,and presumably used by James 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

To safely store and contain contents, namely an assortment of hand tools, and facilitate their transportation.

Technical

Like the tool chest [2004.1406] this tool box was made by Mr. Anthony as his carpentry apprenticeship project, sometime in the late 1890s but [before 1901 when he is listed as a carpenter in the British Census]. [Refs. 1 & 2] The box features 2 sliding tool trays [2004.1407.2 & .3] and would have been "packed" with tools suitable for performing a particular job or type of work. Wooden toggles have been fitted to the inside of the cover, presumably to secure longer saws/saw blades within the box. It is considered "...an excellent example of an early 1900s Carpenters [sic] portable tool box." [Ref. 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

No markings evident.

Missing

One metal reinforced corner missing from rear proper right corner.

Finish

Solid wood box painted dark brown on interior & exterior surfaces; red-brown wood stain evident on some areas of interior; metal hardware [including brass corners]; brown leather handle.

Decoration

N/A