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Stamp, Marking

Object number2014.93.1

Manufacturer N.E.B. Company

Date1914

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumWood/Metal/Wax

Credit LineGift of Kenneth R. Bauer

DescriptionW.W. Wattles & Sons Jewelers stamp. Wood handle painted black with red wax scattered on surface.Dimensions3.813 x 1.438 x 1.125 in. (9.7 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm)
MarksTop of metal stamp has inscribed text "N.E.B.CO. / 221 / DIAMOND / PITTS.PA".

Metal oval stamp at end of handle with inscribed text "W.W. WATTLES & SONS / JEWELERS / PITTSBURGH."; text is backwards.
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. William Wallace Wattles, or W. W. Wattles, was born in 1835 in Gettysburg, PA, and died in 1912 in Pittsburgh, PA. He was a jeweler from c. 1860 to c. 1900. Circa 1900, he was partners with Charles and James Wattles in Pittsburgh, PA as W. W. Wattles & Sons.

Previous owner W.W. Wattles and Sons Jewelers

Related person William Wallace Wattles (1835 - 1912)

Related person Charles Wattles

Related person James Wattles

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