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Hello Terry - Somerset, Thank you for your reply. It does appear that the same manufacturer made the item and then they added different stamps, for the resellers. It is very true this practice still happens today, with store brands for example. Thank you for your input and for verifying this...

Hi JCassidy, Thank you for your image. I did find some similar to this one too. Thank you for confirming what I found, this helps!

Hello Droogs, Thank you so much for your help! This is amazing! Thank you for verifying Mathieson as the probable manufacturer. It is incredible that you found a catalog, I will see if I can find a way to look at it. All of this should be enough for the Musume to accept this item. I could not...

Hi Jacob, Thank you so much for your help! Woo Hoo! Now I can add the type of pattern on the level! I am going to go with what Josh has and say the Mathieson family was the manufacture and reseller of the level. From what research I have done it seems to tie in with the dates. Thank you for...

Hi Josh, Thank you! I think you are right that it probably was the Mathieson family, was the manufacturer and the reseller of the levels. From looking at Wikipedia for the Mathieson's it dates back to the appropriate time frame. I am going to go for it and say they were the manufacturer. Thank...

Hello Josh, thank you for your reply. I had wondered if Alex Mathieson was the manufacturer and the reseller of the levels. When I look up the Mathieson history on Wikipedia, they date back to when it is possible. Do you think for the museum donation I could put A Mathieson as the Manufacture...

Thank you for your reply Jacob. So if it's common for the manufacturer/maker to put the workshop's / reseller's name on the tool - "Alex R Coutts", "Mathieson", and "Bennet B. Burley" all as examples, and the various forms of these names. This helps, this explains why the same tool has different...

Hello Jacob, Thank you for your help! This additional information about Alex Coutts helps. Let me see if I understand correctly. My Great Grandfather probably bought the level from Mr. Coutts, who put his stamp on it. Mr. Coutts was basically the reseller of the level. Then who was the...

Hello, I am researching my Great Grandfathers tools, who was a Master Finish Carpenter from Glasgow. I am trying to determine the manufacture of a 10” antique brass and hardwood level; it has a stamp of "ALEX R COUTTS WARRANTED". 1 Image Attached In my research, I am thinking there was a...