One carving tool manufactured by J.L. Hammett Company

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  Tif- handle with lino-pens

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  One boxed tool for carving labeled Tif- handle with lino-pens, manufactured by Heintze & Blanckertz, Berlin, Germany, ca. 1935. The tool is constructed of a wooden handle into which various carving bits are inserted. A glasseine envelope containing several bits complete the set. Stamped into the handle are "TIF 135, Germany" and "M. Grunbac Germany." The set is housed within a slipcase paperboard box with "Set Nr. 903" printed at one end. The paper covering of the box is in a brown and white bamboo pattern and has black lettering.

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  Hammett’s Kindergarten Material - No. 475

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  One boxed set of wooden pegs entitled Hammett's Kindergarten Material - No. 475, manufactured by the J. L. Hammett Co., Newark, New Jersey and Cambridge, Mass, ca. 1885. The subtitle reads: "1000 round sticks, Six colors for Primary Peg Board." The set consists of approximately 200 pegs--red, yellow, blue, orange, green and purple--of the original 1000. The pegs are housed within a paperboard box (red) with a gray paper label mounted to the top lid. The pegs are intended for use with peg boards, such as Mrs. B. Putnam's Busy Work Tiles, No. 1 (Box 80, Set 2).

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  Chip Carving

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  One art instruction book entitled Chip Carving, by Harris W. Moore, published by Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Illinois, copyright 1922. This book, 46 pages in length with 19 photographic and engraved plates, provides a very brief introduction to the history of chip carving. It is primarily instructional with visual examples of chip carving projects, and text. Some of the projects included are: a toothpick holder, a checker board, a pipe rack, a picture frame and a waste basket. The front cover is decorated with a chip carving pattern; the inside of the front cover and both sides of the back cover are blank. "1.50" (price) is written in ms. on the inside of the front cover.

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  One ink roller with metal frame and wooden handle

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  One ink roller with metal frame and wooden handle. "SPD" and "Made in USA" are stamped on the metal frame. Attached is a paper price tag with "45 [cents symbol]" written in ms. on it. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  Two typescript letters from the J. L. Hammett Company to Miss Mabel Spofford

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  Two typescript letters from the J. L. Hammett Company to Miss Mabel Spofford, dated November 3 and November 6, 1930. These letters are typed on the company's illustrated letterhead, and each is signed (in typescript) by D.R. Knight, President. The letter dated November 3 contains some ms. annotations in pencil. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  Two sets of colored pencils manufactured Koh-I-Noor Pencil Company

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  Two sets of colored pencils and one Universal Holder No. 48, manufactured by Koh-I-Noor Pencil Co. and L. & C. Hardtmuth, Inc., Czechoslovakia and Bloomsbury, New Jersey, respectively, ca. 1930. The larger of the two pencil sets contains 11 colored pencils and a "lengthener" within a paperboard box and slipcase. The second set is comprised of 4 unused colored pencils within a paperboard box and slipcase. The Universal Holder is a metal pencil-like holder "for Graphite leads No. 2018 - Negro leads No. 2610 [and] Sanguine Leads No. 2620." Title supplied by cataloger.

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