Inventarnummer
58/58/2
Beschreibung
This bit was used with a drill clamp for drilling tyres. It was made circa 1838 by an apprentice to Mr Passingham, a farrier, blacksmith and wheelwright of Longford, Middlesex. They were used for drilling tyres by the apprentice at Longford, and at the premises of George Nixey, a wheelwrighting firm in Slough.
Physische Beschaffenheit
1 bit: metal
Bestandsgeschichte
Letter, Edward Flaxman to MERL, 3 April 1958 – ‘I have in my possession a few old wheelwrights’ tools as under:– // 2 handmade cramps & brace with handmade drills; 1 handmade vice; 1 handmade bow saw frame and saws. // These were given to my father (now 84) in his youth by an old wheelwright who was then over 80 & who had made them when he was an apprentice. This was in the village of Farnham Common (Bucks)... Yours faithfull, Edward Flaxman’
Entstehungsort
Longford
Datum
1830 - 1839
Entstehungszeitraum
1830s
Objektbezeichnung
Material
Digitales Dokument
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