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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
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Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bench shears
Object name
Bench shears
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 27 1/4 x 9 in. ( 69.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description
Metal bench shears with long straight handles with bend at ends, for insertion into the work bench. Used for making blown glass vessels.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
2001.286
Gallery Label
This pair of shears is among a group of sixteen tools used by Maurice Kelly (1879-1963), a glass blower who worked at Tiffany Studios from 1904 to 1918, as well as Quezal (1901-1903) and Durand Art Glass (1918-1920s). The tools, along with photographs and documents now housed in the NYHS library, were consigned to auction by Kelly's grandson and were acquired by NYHS. Included among the documents is a wage book recording Kelly's steady increase in pay from $19.25 to $35 per week.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
