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This adze was used in R. Middleton & Sons wheelwrights shop in Eddington, Hungerford, for trimming and shaping surfaces of wood. It is slightly saucered and basilled at the cutting edge, and has a thin hammerhead extension at the rear. The blade is inscribed with ‘J. Smith’ and the number ‘1’.

1 adze: metal blade; wooden handle

1800-01-01 - 1824-12-31

Early-nineteenth century

Wood, Metal