Contributed by Davistown Museum
Description
The working dates for this company are 1844-1868. Housewrights ship's joiners may have used this tool. A gift to The Davistown Museum from Rick Floyd of Newport, ME.
Size: 29 3/4" long including a 7" handle, 2 3/16" wide blade.
This tool is made and signed "Vaughan & Pardoe" of "Union Warranteed, made in Union, Maine.
A clapboard is a light slick used for making clapboards. This tool is intended for splitting rather than cutting and therefore does not have a keen cutting ege.
About This Item
- Title: Clapboard Slick, ca. 1850
- Creator: Vaughn & Pardoe, Union, Maine
- Creation Date: circa 1850
- Subject Date: circa 1850
- Location: Union, Knox County, ME
- Media: Cast steel, wood
- Local Code: 21201T3
- Collection: Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution
- Object Type: Physical Object
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