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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 with a basilled edge and a block which projects behind the handle acting as a hammer head. The blade is inscribed with ‘I. G. Hargreaves, Sheffield’ and the number ‘2’.

1 adze: iron head and blade; wooden handle

Sheffield

1800-01-01 - 1824-12-31

Early-nineteenth century

Wood, Metal, iron

R. Middleton & Sons (Corporate Body)