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A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TOOL-CASE ENCLOSING A COMPOSITE SET OF WOOD-TURNER'S CHISELS

THE CHISELS BY HOLTZAPFFEL & CO AND OTHERS, CIRCA 1850

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A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY TOOL-CASE ENCLOSING A COMPOSITE SET OF WOOD-TURNER'S CHISELS
THE CHISELS BY HOLTZAPFFEL & CO AND OTHERS, CIRCA 1850
The hinged case enclosing a fitted interior inscribed with tool names of 54 turning tools, each brass-bound with wooden handle and steel blade, variously inscribed with makers' names including 'I.HOWARTH & CO., HOLTZAPFFEL.& CO., BUCK LONDON, BUCK TOTCOURT ROAD, H&D, BMG, WARD, FENN, H&L, J.B.ADDIS & SONS'
2¼ in. (6 cm.) high; 31¼ in. (80 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep, closed

Provenance

Bought from Mallett, London, 20 June 1988 (enclosed in the top of a low table).
Anonymous sale, Millden - A Scottish Lodge, Christie's London, 20 January 2005, lot 18 (enclosed in a low table).

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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 (see lot 6).
Holtzapffel & Co were in business from 1828 to the 1920s, having previously worked as Holtzapffel & Deyerlein (tools from the period 1804-27 some of which are included in this set are simply marked H&D). The firm was started in 1794 in London by John Holtzapffel and specialised in ornamental turning lathes and equipment for gentleman amateurs.

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