Tool/Implement

Tool/Implement

Draw Shave

Draw shave used for shaping wood. Labeled: J.E. Minott & Co. Warwick, MA., Hedge, tool, and iron forger, formerly Asa Wheeler hedge tool business located in the north part of Warwick., which Minott purchased in 1849 from Wheeler.
See this link for more information about J. E. Minott & Co.

Approximate era
1801-1850
Donated by
Jan Lapore

China Dessert Plate

Label on plate reads: This plate presented to Alice (Wilber ) Petersen by Mrs. Brennan, a minister's wife (Warwick). Mrs Brennan, riding with Miss Mary Tyler, was killed in an accident of a runaway horse, was thrown from the carriage.

See page 174 of Charles Morse's History of Warwick.

Approximate era
1901-1925
Donated by
Alice Peterson