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An auger is a boring tool used in a variety of woodworking trades to bore long deep holes. This is a spiral auger and consists of an iron shank with a corkscrew-shaped end, and a T-shaped wooden handle. It belonged Frank Denslow, a carpenter, coffin maker and wagon maker of Membury, Devon, who died in 1964.

1 spiral auger: wood; metal (iron); good condition

MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 5 March 2014 – The Burne-Jones collection of thatching and other tools was put together by the donor while living in Membury, Devon, some time prior to 1966. She had planned to open a private museum. The tools came from the workshop of Mr Spiller, a thatcher from Yarcombe, Devon, and were in regular use until his death in 1962. He had thatched in the area his whole life, and his widow passed on his tools. By 1966 the donor had moved to Oxfordshire and no longer had room for the Collection so donated it to MERL., MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ – ‘AUGER (SPIRAL) // 66/339 // CRAFTS Wood // ... // Given to Mrs Burne-Jones by Frank Denslow, Pound Cottage, Membury, Axminster, Devon who died in 1964 while still working as carpenter, coffin maker, & wagon maker. // [pencil drawing] // Handles – Wood. // Rest – Iron.'

Wood, Metal, iron