SOCKETS! C. 1910s Frank Mossberg No. 350 Socket Set In Original Box car drawing but this seems to be

but this seems to be the mother of them all

around the time of the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace

2 3/8" across at lip

it was likely as a gift for a sweetheart back at home

SOCKETS! C. 1910s Frank Mossberg No. 350 Socket Set In Original Box car drawing but this seems to beIts the orange hand painted SOCKETS on the lid that drew me to this old socket wrench set, but I was glad to open it and find quite an excellent early set inside, made by Frank Mossberg Co, Attleboro, MA (1913 patent)and certainly a good socket set is a useful thing to have around! Mossberg was an important early maker of wrenches, automotive tools, and especially interchangeable socket sets, defining and dominating the early market and laying the