N° d'objet
61/169
Créateur
Description
A billhook is an edge tool used in hedging, coppice work and other woodland trades, and the tool shows great regional variety with each area having its own accepted pattern and shape. The blade of this billhook is inscribed 'SOLID STEEL' and 'W. GILPIN // WEDGES HILLS // WARRANTED', with two images of crossed hammers. The handle is made of ash wood. It was used in Peppard Common, Oxfordshire.
Description physique
1 billhook: curved steel blade; wooden handle [ash]
Historique d'archive
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'BILLHOOK // Used in Oxfordshire at Peppard. // [pencil sketch]'
Lieu de création
Wedges Mill
Nom d'objet
Matériel
Document électronique
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5683.tif - High resolution image
