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B&D-98
Price: SOLD
There
are tiny
corrosion pits over all of this brace, but the wood is perfect, so it
is clear that this brace was never used. There are no vestiges of any
manufacturer's marks left, but it is interesting that Levi Gunn acted
as witness to the patent drawing, because he was in partnership with
Charles Amidon from 1861 to 1868 (according the Directory of
American Toolmakers) before the Millers Falls Company was started;
Randy Roeder's history
of the Gunn & Avidon partnership says that they were indeed the
maker of the present brace.
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The eye-bolt on
which this brace is based is extremely slim at the junction between the
tapered square clearance hole, but that may be partly due to corrosion
wastage.
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