Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1971.076.020 |
Object Name |
Barrel |
Title |
Nail Keg Marked With J. Harrison & Co. Ltd. |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
Early 20th-century? |
Made |
John Harrison & Sons Ltd. |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Wooden nail keg, marked with J. Harrison & Co. Ltd. The keg has two thick metal wire bands as well as a top and bottom iron band to hold the wooden staves in place. The underside is stamped with "J. Harrison/& Co. Ltd./Owen Sound" (this was a lumbering and planing mill). |
Makers mark |
underside is stamped with "J. Harrison / & Co. Ltd ./ Owen Sound" |
Provenance |
Likely made by or for the John Harrison & Sons Ltd. sawmilling industry at Owen Sound, Grey County. Its precise age is not known. Last owned by Rick Harrison and Don McKay who grew up in Owen Sound. |
Collection |
Commercial Equipment Collection |
Material |
Wood/Metal/Wire |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Harrison, John |
Subjects |
Sawmills Logging Timber Owen Sound Industry Owen Sound Industries Lumber Lumber industry Lumberyards |
Search Terms |
Owen Sound Industries and Products John Harrison & Sons Limited |
Function |
Hardware stores used to store and display loose nails in small barrels (likely was how they were shipped) and then the nails were sold by weight to customers. |