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Gauge

Object number2014.93.5 a,b

Manufacturer Karlan and Bleicher, Inc.

Date1938

OriginNew York, NY

MediumMetal

Credit LineGift of Kenneth R. Bauer

DescriptionGauge for measuring jewelry with various measuring gauges and tables.Dimensions2.5 x 0.188 x 7.25 in. (6.4 x 0.5 x 18.4 cm)
Inscriptions(a - one side)
In top right corner "SINGLE / CUTS / FULL / CUTS" and below the holes are "POINTS" AND "CARATS" and corresponding numerals.

Inscribed text at left center displays "LENGTH EQUIVALENTS" and "WEIGHT EQUIVALENTS".

Center of gauge features information table.

(a - other side)
Left side has inscribed text ""WIDTH MILLIMETERS" and corresponding measuring scales to the right.

"MILLIMETERS" inscribed in bottom left corner and corresponding numerals to the right.
Number table at center of gauge features conversion from "GR." to "OZ." and "DWT." to "OZ"; grams to ounce and pennyweight to ounce, respectively.

The right end has a "CARAT SIZES" wheel with spokes with different sizes of circles and their corresponding measurements inscribed on them.

(b)
The sliding bar has inscribed lines along the top demarcating inches ("IN.") with the numeral 1 and a second set of measurement lines run along the bottom edge demarcating millimeters ("MM") with numerals 10, 20, and 30.
Marks(a)
Right end has inscribed text "KARLAN & BLEICHER, INC. / Perfect Ring Findings / NEW YORK".

Center of gauge features inscribed text "COPYRIGHT 1938 / DIAMOND WEDDING RING TABLE".

Along bottom edge, underneath Part b is inscribed text "PATENTED".
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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