Dovetail Saw

Date1767-1773

Artist/Maker Robert Dalaway

MediumIron/steel, brass, wood

DimensionsOL: 14 15/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1990-100

DescriptionBrass backed dovetail saw marked "DALAWAY."Label TextThis saw was marked by Robert Dalaway, an edge tool maker working in the English industrial city of Birmingham during the last half of the 18th century.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)Stamped "DALAWAY" on back band.ProvenanceThe Merchanick's Workbench, Marion, MA