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Maker(s):Pierce, Samuel
Culture:American (1767-1840)
Title:burnisher
Date Made:1790-1810
Type:Metalworking Tool
Materials:wood, base metal: steel, brass
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Greenfield
Measurements:overall: 16 5/8 in; 42.2275 cm
Accession Number:  HD 1467.38
Credit Line:Gift of Leslie Irwin Laughlin
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Two handled burnisher with two rounded handles with pewter ferrules attached to a C-shaped steel rod with squared edges; and an oval-shaped piece of iron screwed through the center of the rod and attached with a bolt. It was found in the tool chest of Samuel Pierce (1767-1840) who worked as a pewterer in Greenfield.

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