A collection of coopers' and other woodworking trade tools.
Dring & Fage, Gauging and Measuring Tools
Dring & Fage were manufacturers of gauging equipment, rules etc. A large proportion of their range was produced for the Customs and Excise to measure goods for taxation purposes.
Brass Printing Plate, Dring & Fage Ltd, Tooley Street, London. Approx. 2.1/2″ x 1.3/4″. Inventory No.0110AGAdvert for Dring & Fage from ‘The Standard Stave Measurer and Calculator’ 1891
12″ Caliper by Dring & Fage Ltd, London. Also marked ‘Shop Pattern’ Inventory No.0093AG4 fold dip rod by Dring & Fage, Tooley Street, London, 24″ long with scales for Pin Standing & Lying, Firkin Standing & Lying and Kilderkin Standing & Lying. Inventory No.0085AG4 fold dip rod by Dring & Fage, Tooley Street, London, 24″ long with scales for straight stone bottles and bulge stone bottles. Inventory No.0229RF12″ four slide gauger’s rule by Dring & Fage, 20 Tooley Street, London Bridge. Inventory No.0275AG12″ four slide gauger’s rule by Dring & Fage, 20 Tooley Street, London Bridge. Detail of reverse side with slide out showing maker’s mark. Inventory No.0275AG
Dring & Fage 12″ timber measuring rule Inventory No.0164RF.Dring & Fage 10″ device, purpose unknown. I would like to know what it does. Inventory No.0165AGDring & Fage 10″ device, purpose unknown, another view of above. I would like to know what it does. Inventory No.0165AGTimber callipers to measure 20″, not marked Dring & Fage but very likely made by them. Inventory No.0220AGCustoms & Excise dip rod for measuring the evaporation of spirits after a number of years. Scales for American barrels, hogsheads, butts and 12 inches. Made by Dring & Fage, London. Inventory No.0228RFDring & Fage 50cm gauge probably for measuring timber. Marked Customs & Excise 25-1-72 just after we had supposedly gone metric. Inventory No.0351RF
Dring & Fage 44″ Head Rod, one of the Standard Instruments used by the Customs and Excise for barrel gauging. Marked: Dring & Fage London Makers to the Customs & Excise. Inventory No.0267RF44″ Head Rod, Marked Dring & Fage, Makers to the Customs. Inventory No.0348AG44″ Head Rod, Marked Dring & Fage, Makers, 20 Tooley Street, London. Inventory No.0349AG44″ Head Rod, Marked Dring & Fage Ltd, London. Customs & Excise DF49 A2 Inventory No.0350A
20″ Folding Dip Rod for Imperial Gallons by Dring & Fage. Inventory No.0287AGDring & Fage, 145, Strand, London,24″ Gauger’s slide rule. Inventory No.0356AGDring & Fage 24″ two fold dip rod for straight and bulge stone bottles up to 6 gallons. Marked: Dring & Fage Makers London. Inventory No.0398AGDring & Fage 24″ two fold dip rod for straight and bulge stone bottles up to 6 gallons. Marked: Dring & Fage Makers London. Showing maker’s mark. Inventory No.0398AG
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