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Machine, Metalworking

Object number2014.137.4 a-e

Manufacturer C. and E. Marshall Company

OriginUnited States of America

MediumMetal/Wood/Adhesive tape

Credit LineGift of Norman Karp and Family

DescriptionWatch-Craft staking tool with base, round container with stakes, square container with stakes, and empty stake container with lid.Dimensions(a) Height 5.5, Width 3.375, Depth 4;
(b) Height 1, Width 3.375, Depth 4;
(c) Height 4.25, Width 5.875, Depth 6;
(d) Height 4, Width 6.125, Depth 5.75;
(e) Height 3, Diameter 2.375.
Inscriptions(a)
Underside has impressed "20" in three different spots.

(b)
Top side has impressed "20" at back center. Underside has impressed "20" at front center.

(d)
Square piece of cardboard stapled to the underside of the wood is white with blue text "Do you think a... / has to be junk? / ... / The parts shown above be..."
Marks(a)
Maker's plate mounted on front of base with text "WATCH-CRAFT / REG U.S. PATENT OFFICE No. 348436 / MANUFACTURED BY / C & E MARSHALL CO. / MADE IN U.S.A."
Historical NotesPart of a collection of jewelers tools and equipment from various Karp family jewelry stores. David Karp (Kerpilof originally) was a Latvian immigrant and watchmaker. His children all went into the jewelry business as well. His eldest Reuben had a store in Kittanning, PA, called Karp’s Credit Jewelry. Middle son Elchan ran his father’s original store in Barnesboro until closing it and opening another in Clarion, PA. Third son Harry M. Karp, a WWII veteran and survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, opened Karp’s Jewelry store in Tarentum, PA, after the war and operated it until his retirement in 1987. The youngest and only daughter Lillian was an optometrist and worked in the Barnesboro store during WWII. She went on to open a jewelry store in Alliquippa, PA, with her husband Milton Yeager. Donor Norman Karp is the son of Reuben, his maternal grandfather was also a watchmaker from Latvia named Abraham Berman.

Related institution Karp's Jewelry Store

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