Tool chest
Holtzapffel & Co.
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany, Brass
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 39635
Summary
A lockable fitted mahogany chest with a sloping hinged lid and two graduated drawers below containing, 185 Slide Rest tools with a honing adapter and a right-angle adapter, 146 Eccentric Cutting Frame (ECF) tools, 46 short Universal Cutting Frame (UCF) tools, 139 drills with matching Drilling Spindle and honing guide, a Pad handle and a Scribing Knife. Associated with Holtzapffel lathe (NT39554).
Provenance
Purchased from John Edwards in 2017, and brought back to Tyntesfield thanks to a generous anonymous donation. Antony Gibbs (1841-1907) purchased this lathe, grinding machine and the accompanying suite of accessories from Holtzapffel & Co in 1872. It was sold originally in 1852 to Count Dunin for £137.16.0. It was later returned to Holtzapffel & CO., refurbished and sold to Sir A Sterling in 1861. It was again returned to Holtzapffel, completely refurbished and resold in 1872 to Antony Gibbs Esq of Tyntesfield, Bristol for the sum of £220. On Antony’s death the lathe passed to his son Antony Hubert Gibbs of Clyst St George. In 1953 it was sold at an auction of the Gibbs estate and subsequently ended up in Scotland where it languished for the next 60 years, until it was acquired by John Edwards, an ornamental turner, who cleaned and overhauled it.
Makers and roles
Holtzapffel & Co., manufacturer