THE CHISELS - LATE 19TH CENTURY, SEVERAL SIGNED BY HOLTZAPFFEL AND CO., THE TABLE RETAILED BY MALLETT - LATE 20TH CENTURY

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A MAHOGANY COFFEE TABLE ENCLOSING A COLLECTION OF WOOD TURNER'S CHISELS
THE CHISELS - LATE 19TH CENTURY, SEVERAL SIGNED BY HOLTZAPFFEL AND CO., THE TABLE RETAILED BY MALLETT - LATE 20TH CENTURY
Variously inscribed, the table with a glazed top, enclosing a collection of fifty-three chisels, (one missing), variously inscribed with makers and workman's names 'I.HOWARTH & CO.', 'HOLTZAPFFLE.& CO.' and others
17 in. (43 cm.) high; 36 in. (91½ cm.) wide

Provenance

Acquired from Mallett, London, 20 June 1988.

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Lot Essay

Howarth was one of the many Sheffield edge-tool makers of the late 19th/early 20th century and his tools are conventional woodturning chisels and gouges. The Holtzapffel examples, however, include special tools for turning ivory and dense hardwoods.

Holtzapffel & Co were around from 1828 to the 1920s, having previously worked as Holtzapffel & Deyerlein (tools from that period, 1804-27, are simply marked H&D). The firm was started in 1794 in London by John Holtzapffel, an immigrant from Austria. It specialised in ornamental turning lathes and equipment for gentleman amateurs.

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