Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2502Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 01, 2010 10:00AM
Description:
Two Staking Tools, America, c. 1890-1900, one steel and marked JG HALL ROXBURY VT, with a glass dome and approximately sixty steel fittings, all set into a wood base (dome broken and repaired),the other cast iron , together with a cast iron holder from a staking tool, example with dome ht. 9 in.
Note: Staking tools, late 19th century tools developed and used for a great many purposes, are discussed in Crom #2, pp. 603-604.
Estimate $75-150