- Accession Number:
- 2010.18.1
- Description:
- (a) Cedar gavel, clear finish; symetrical turned head has hammer head shape with large round bead at cheeks flanked by two narrow beads, flanked by round faces of the gavel; turned handle glued into mortise in cheek of head, three beads turned at joint with head, handle is hollow, a separate bead wrapped with a printed tissue paper explanation of the gavel's source, signed by Col. E.A. Baker, is pressure-fitted into the handle; (bc) oak display box, lap jointed with a masonite bottom, slotted at top to hold removable (9.5 x 4.25") glass panel, two mahogany forms inside cradle the gavel; braille label on zinc plate on side reads, "This gavel was made and presented by Col. E.A. Baker Canadian Assoc. of Home Teachers".
- Height:
- 3
- Width:
- 5
- Length:
- 9.75
- Date Made:
- 1960
- Maker:
- Baker, Edwin Albert
- Place of Origin:
- Toronto, Canada
- Collection:
- Hall of Fame Collection
- History/Provenance:
- Hall of Fame Collection
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, 2010.18
- Subjects:
- Blind Disabled veterans Rehabilitation -- Canada Braille Vocational education
- Dimension Notes:
- overall in case; gavel alone is 8 x 3.875 x 1.875"
- Made:
- Baker, Edwin Albert
- Material:
- Wood, glass
- Updated:
- 02/20/2013
