Cabinetmaker's Tool Holder From The Beginning Of The 19th Century

Well before 1890 and the arrival of the "Swiss army knife", skillful craftsmen had tried to make a multifunction tool to help out during an external intervention, without providing themselves with the tool box suitable for sawing, cutting, digging, drill, screw and more...if necessary. A French cabinetmaker from the first quarter of the 19th century had designed this "essential" tool, even adding an elegant handle and a bronze ferrule. To preserve his invention, he did not advertise it and without a signature, we cannot name him; However, a collector will perhaps recognize the author of this tool, concealing in its handle 8 steel accessories retained with a butterfly nut in a delicately knurled ferrule. Very good state. A small crack on the lid has been restored to improve the overall look. Free shipping for France.