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Gauge

Object number2014.93.4 a,b

Date1926-1991

OriginFrance

MediumMetal

Credit LineGift of Kenneth R. Bauer

DescriptionMillimeter and inch gauge for measuring jewelry consisting of sliding measurement bar that fits/slides atop a base. Both parts bend at 90-degrees at left end and end at a point. The sliding bar has inscribed lines along the top demarcating centimeters and millimeters and the numerals 1-6; a second set of measurement lines runs along the bottom edge demarcating inches and has the numerals 1-2. Single bolt in center of sliding bar.Dimensions1.063 x 0.188 x 2.813 in. (2.7 x 0.5 x 7.1 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Inscribed lines along the top demarcating centimeters and millimeters and the numerals 1-6; a second set of measurement lines runs along the bottom edge demarcating inches and has the numerals 1-2.
Marks(b)
Back has inscribed text "FRANCE / HR"; the HR may be a maker's mark.
Historical NotesPart of a collection of jeweler's tools that belonged to donor Kenneth R. Bauer's father Ed Bauer. Ed Bauer was born in 1910 and lived in Brentwood and Mount Oliver boroughs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ed began working for the I. Eiseman and Sons Jewelers at age 16 in 1926. The company was located in the Fulton building but eventually moved to the Clark building. Bauer bought the company in 1936 with a Mr. Mutschler, and they ran it together until 1966 under the name Bauer & Mutschler Jewelry Manufacturing Company. That year Bauer bought out Mutschler and renamed the company F. J. Bauer Company and ran it until 1975. That year the donor bought the company and owned it until 1992. Bauer contracted with local jewelry retail businesses and repaired the jewelry that could not be fixed in-house. Ed Bauer continued to work for the company until 1991.

Previous owner Ed Bauer (born 1910)

Related institution F. J. Bauer Company

Related institution I. Eiseman and Sons Jewelers

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