Someone at our woodturning club was chucking out some old items, one of which was a small lidded wooden box, probabaly mahogany, (about 3" long and 2" wide), shaped a bit like a snail. It had some grease in the bottom, so I assume that's what it was made for. It was among some old joinery tools, and - like a lot of old wooden tools such as planes, spokeshaves, squares and such like - had more than one owner's name stamped on it. It was customary for bench-hand joiners who had to buy their own tools, to stamp their name on them so someone else didn't end up with them. When they retired, they often passed them on to newly qualified apprentices or workmates, who likewise, then stamped their name on the item. It's rare to find old wooden tools without at least one name.
This curious little box, obviously home-made for a particular purpose, has the names J Patirck, and T.S. Sergeant stamped on it. Quite how old the box is, how long these two people owned it, who owned it first, when and for how long, will remain a mystery, but it's a nice little object which I felt deserved to be rescued from its intended fate as landfill.
I've referred to it as 'treen' which is an old English word still in use today for handmade wooden objects, derived form Old English 'treowen', from 'treow', meaning quite literally, 'tree'
'Treen-ware' is the term used mostly for utensils such as plates, goblets, as for example items made by pioneers who settled America, but the term is often shortened simply to 'treen.
Hope someone out there might be interested.
David
This curious little box, obviously home-made for a particular purpose, has the names J Patirck, and T.S. Sergeant stamped on it. Quite how old the box is, how long these two people owned it, who owned it first, when and for how long, will remain a mystery, but it's a nice little object which I felt deserved to be rescued from its intended fate as landfill.
I've referred to it as 'treen' which is an old English word still in use today for handmade wooden objects, derived form Old English 'treowen', from 'treow', meaning quite literally, 'tree'
'Treen-ware' is the term used mostly for utensils such as plates, goblets, as for example items made by pioneers who settled America, but the term is often shortened simply to 'treen.
Hope someone out there might be interested.
David
