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Title |
Stoneworking Tooth Chisel, c. 1920-1925 |
Object Name |
Chisel, Tooth |
Description |
Stoneworking Smoothing Tool, c. 1920-1925. Tool for working granite, paired with airhammer. Tool is a small cylinder with an elongated flared wedge-shaped head split laterally. Base metal is silver-colored. |
Date |
c. 1920-1925 |
Creator |
V. Fontana & Company |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Medium |
/Metal |
Catalog Number |
2019.062.017 |
Dimensions |
H-5 W-1.5 D-0.75 inches |
Collection |
3D - Masonry & Stoneworking Tools & Equipment |
Inscription Text |
none. |
Provenance |
Valerio Fontana's original stone working air tools, c. 1900-1921. He used these when he opened V. Fontana & Company monuments in 1921. |
Notes |
"Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. It is one of the oldest activities and professions in human history. Many of the long-lasting, ancient shelters, temples, monuments, artifacts, fortifications, roads, bridges, and entire cities were built of stone. Famous works of stonemasonry include the EgyptianPyramids, the Taj Mahal, Cusco's Incan Wall, Easter Island's statues, Angkor Wat, Borobudur, Tihuanaco, Tenochtitlan, Persepolis, the Parthenon, Stonehenge, the Great Wall of China, Chartres Cathedral, and Pumapunku." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonemasonry "Chiselling use involves forcing the blade into some material to cut it. The driving force may be applied by pushing by hand, or by using a mallet or hammer. In industrial use, a hydraulic ram or falling weight ('trip hammer') may be used to drive a chisel into the material." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisel |
Search Terms |
Fontana, Valerio V. Fontana & Company Stone carving Stone cutting Masonry Tools |
Subjects |
Stone carving Stone cutting Masonry Tool & die industry |
People |
Fontana, Valerio V. Fontana & Company |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Mark Fontana |