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Silversmith / Goldsmith Shop – Reginald Wood

RARE OPPORTUNITY – COMPLETE SILVERSMITHING SHOP
FROM THE ESTATE OF REGINALD WOOD, SILVERSMITH, MASTER CRAFTSMAN FORMERLY THE ASSETS, TOOLS OF STONE ASSOCIATES, MASSACHUSETTS

Reginal Wood At Work

Gold Machinery is pleased to offer you a rare opportunity to own a complete Silversmithing / Goldsmithing shop in its entirety from the Estate of Reginald Wood. Below you can find a complete listing of all machinery and tools included in this rare package as well as photographs and provenance.

Biography:

Reginald W. Wood
Gardner, Massachusetts
Born in Penzance Cornwall, England
October 20, 1919 – September 11, 2000

SAS Executive Director Jeffrey Herman, 1/25/2001: Reggie was born in Penzance, Cornwall, England, and came to the U.S. in 1921. He attended public school in Gardner, Massachusetts, and went on to Worcester Vocational for sheet metal development, and Worcester State College for production control & manufacturing methods.

Reggie began his apprenticeship at Arthur J. Stone Silver Shop in 1937. Later that year the shop was sold and renamed Stone Associates. He was trained under Stone craftsmen including Arts & Crafts Medalists Herbert Taylor in holloware and Charles Brown in flatware until 1942.

Reggie served in the U.S. Airforce from 1942-1945 in Europe, performing sheet metal repair on battle damaged aircraft.

Returning to Stone Associates in 1945, Reggie produced holloware and flatware until the shop’s closing in 1957. After the closing, he worked in product development and management in private industry including holloware and flatware sample making for Old Newbury Crafters in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Reggie continued creating ecclesiastical objects, trays, pitchers, bowls, presentation pieces, trophies, and jewelry up to his death.

He was a strong believer in form following function which was reflected in his heavy utilitarian pieces. Whenever we saw each other, he would invariably comment on the improbable marketing of much of the silver being produced by student silversmiths; Reggie was extremely practical in his design.

Museum Photo

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Solid Oak Drafting Table 38″ x 60″ with Klock drawing board and drafting tools
Spinning Lathe No. 3883 P.Pryibil NY, Brownell Machinery Co. with original catalog
Soft Metal Furnace with buckets/ladles. American Gas Furnace Co 19″ square base and 29″ high
Draw Bench. W.W. Oliver Buffalo, NY Pat2, 1895. 48″x 35″x 20″
Polished anvil in a 14″ square base 24″ high
Polished anvil in a 14″ x 16″ base, 39″ high
Big anvil bolted to tree stump 9″ x 21″ x 39″
Drop Hammer 75″ tall with a 19″ x 14 ” base
16 Drawer solid oak flat file 8 1/2″ Drawers and 8 full drawers
Rolling Mill
Center Bench 78″ x 34″ x 34″
Workbench with 8 drawers and 2 steel racks for chicks or stakes
vise No 22X Chas Parker Co.
Federal NO2 Metal Cutter 12″ x 12″ x 18″
Wood cabinet full of wood chicks 39″ x 75″ x 18″ with approx. 52 wooden chucks
2 Antique stools

Tools, Etc.:

8 Draw plates for Draw Bench: Guarantie (France)
40 Spinning tools: all different with wood handles. Top drawer of work bench
30 Snarling irons: all different sizes and shapes.
In the Oak Flat File:
Drawerr #11: small wood chucks
Drawer #12: 46 small lathe tools
Drawer #5: 51 files with wood handles
Drawer #6: shaping tools for lathe 35 total
17 tray making stakes with different tray edge designs. Marked ELC. On center bench
18 large chasing tools
14 stakes medium sized stakes for edges for bowls/trays And 2 small vise anvils and 3 contemporary stakes.
4 antique tools
7 large hammers
35 small “specialty files” in HUNTS can
21 large “raising stakes” lined up on two shelves
23 assorted tools of unknown use on bottom shelf of center bench
WORKBENCH WITH THE 8 DRAWERS:
31 STAKES OR CHUCKS ON TOP RACK OF BENCH
34 STAKES OR CHUCK ON LOWER RACK
9 small anvils for vise
87 total raising stakes on the bench photographed in groups of 6-1
WORK BENCH:
35 large files in drawer
37 hammers in top rack
48 small chucks or stakes below hammers on 2 racks
11 more hammers on a side rack
Large files/flex shaft

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Anvil

Anvil

Draw Plates

Drop Hammer Anvils

Drop Hammer Molds

Stakes

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Spinning Lathe P.Pryibil NY

Spinning Tools for Lathe

Smelter

Tray Making Tools

Sizes and Weights of Crates For Shipment:
1 Crate: 40″ x 80″ x 68″ ~ 2000 lbs
1 Crate: 84″ x 48″ x 55″ ~ 3000 lbs
1 Skid: 48″ x 48″ x 82″ ~ 1500 lbs
1 Skid: 76″ x 44″ x 55″~ 1700 lbs
1 Partial Crate: 66″ x 44″ x 48″ ~ 700 lbs
1 Partial Crate: 48″ x 48 x 85″~ 2200 lbs