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Date
1890 – 1910
Material
wood; metal; skin
Catalogue Number
108.04.1133 a-f
Description
Six ice axes with wooden handles, metal heads and tips. (a) has a leather head cover and tip cover. Cover marked “RICHARD COOGAN,” head marked: “FAYETTE R. PLUMB. PHILADELPHIA. SOLID CAST STEEL.” (b) has a leather head cover and tip cover. Head marked “FAYETTE R. PLUMB. PHILADELPHIA. SOLID CAST STE…
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Title
Ice Ax
Date
1890 – 1910
Material
wood; metal; skin
Dimensions
28.0 x 115.0 cm
Description
Six ice axes with wooden handles, metal heads and tips. (a) has a leather head cover and tip cover. Cover marked “RICHARD COOGAN,” head marked: “FAYETTE R. PLUMB. PHILADELPHIA. SOLID CAST STEEL.” (b) has a leather head cover and tip cover. Head marked “FAYETTE R. PLUMB. PHILADELPHIA. SOLID CAST STEEL.” (c) has leather head cover and tip cover. Head is stamped: “C.P.R.” & “F. JORG. ZWEILUTSCHINEN. BERNEROBERLAND” and an “X” is carved into the wooden handle just below the head. (d) has “GEORGE VAUX” engraved on head, also manufacturer’s stamp with crown and text obscured by rust. “INTERLAKEN” is the only legible word on the manufacturer’s stamp. (e) has a leather head cover and is made by “FAYETTE R. PLUMB. PHILADELPHIA. (f) has a leather tip cover, is stamped: “FAYETTE R. PLUMB. PHILADELPHIA” and the initials “MV” are carved into the wooden handle near the head.
Subject
photography
Vaux family
sports
hiking
camping
climbing
Credit
Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
Catalogue Number
108.04.1133 a-f
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