Circle scriber, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

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Circle scriber, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1950.1379.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Makers

Shaker

Description

Marking gauge. Comprises a hickory mandrel set into a cherry disk 6 7/8" diameter and 9/16" thick. Where the mandrel is flush with the cherry disk, it has an iron point in its center. Near the perimeter of the cherry desk, a lost, 1/2" w, is cut into which a U-shaped piece of brass is inserted. Inside this, a 1/2" section of brass tubing is squeezed into an oval and friction fit into the brass lined lot.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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