PONDER LONDON ie Stephen Ponder

Discussion in 'Forum: Saw Identification and Discussion' started by shoarthing, Dec 12, 2024.

  1. shoarthing

    shoarthing Most Valued Member

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    Recently obtained is a long-neglected 14" brass-back saw, with a London pattern handle, secured via 2x 3/8" flat screws (apologies for vendor image):
    IMG_6979 Large.jpeg

    Though Ponder is now known as a plane-maker; he was primarily a carpenter & builder; also operating plural businesses ranging from a sawmill to a trunk maker; from several addresses.

    Ponder is recorded in London Land Tax records of 1822 (only: not 1821 nor 1823) at 31 Banner Street, St Luke's - a property controlled by Christopher & Thomas Gabriel, sons to the well-known Old Street plane-maker Christopher Gabriel; then primarily bed-sacking manufacturers & timber merchants.

    Ponder is described in the London section of Pigot's 1822 directory as:

    Open 1822 Pigot Stephen Ponder 31 and 32 Banner St St Lukes Plane Maker GB0514-00144.png


    . . . . he is described as a "saw & plane-maker" in the 1825 Pigot, operating from 21 Fish Street Hill - then a really desirable location for a tradesman/shopkeeper; more-or-less on the other side of the road to: The Monument & leading straight down to the major river-crossing: London Bridge

    1795 fish street hill by william marlow.jpg

    . . . does anyone have another example of a Ponder/London saw?
     
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