N° d'objet
58/58/1
Description
A drill clamp, a wheelwright's tool used for drilling tyres. It consists of clamp or 'cramp' and brace. It was made circa 1838 by an apprentice to Mr Passingham, a farrier, blacksmith and wheelwright of Longford, Middlesex. It was used by the apprentice at Longford, and at the premises of George Nixey, a wheelwrighting firm in Slough.
Description physique
1 drill clamp and brace
Historique d'archive
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’
Lieu de création
Longford
Date
1830 - 1839
Période de création
1830s
Nom d'objet
Document électronique
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