Child's bucksaw, Church Family, Enfield, CT

ca. 1870

Object ID:

1970.16953.2

Community:

Connecticut, Enfield

Description

Small bucksaw of maple (Acer spp.), iron, and steel. The tensioning is obtained via wire loops and an iron and/or steel turnbuckle. The frame and spacers are of maple and the blade, now corroded, appears to have been made from 1/32 x 15/16" blued steel. The teeth are set. The blade is held in the frame with iron rivets. Appears to have been originally painted orange-red, but it has faded away. Illegible lettering on one side of the blade.

Notes

According to acquisition source, this is one of two child-size pieces made for Albert Dexter, who lived at the Church Family, Enfield, CT, and died there in 1874 at the age of 16.

Connecticut Enfield Church Family

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