Very Rare Antique Stanley Rule & Level Co No 975 10inch Hand Brace Drill Made In Great Britain

This is very, very rare....This antique Stanley Lure & Level No 965N 10 inch hand brace drill                                                        Made in Great Britain                                                                         In good clean working condition.                                      The screws on the wooden chest knob have been replaced with newer type screws !!

The Stanley Works was founded by Frederick T. Stanley 1n 1843, orginally a bolt and door hardware manufacturing company located in New Britain, Connecticut.

The Stanley Rule and Level Company was founded in 1857 by Henry Stanley in New Britain, Connecticut.  In 1920, this company merged with the separate but related Stanley Works, founded by Henry Stanley's cousin Frederick Trent Stanley and continued operating as its hand tools division.       

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