Pit Saw

Dateca. 1763

MediumIron and steel

DimensionsOverall: 107 5/16 × 11 1/4 × 4 9/16 in (272.5 × 28.6 × 11.6cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2008-9

DescriptionPit sawLabel TextThis pit saw is thought to be one of two ordered by Robert Beverly for Blandfield Plantation, near Tappahannock, Virginia, in 1763. It may have been used to saw logs into lumber as Blandfield mansion was constructed a few years later.ProvenanceProbably one of the two ordered by Robert Beverly for Blandfield Plantation in 1763.