Numero oggetto
51/361
Creatore
Descrizione
This small mortising chisel, used for cutting mortices to create joints in wood, has an octagonal handle and a sharply bevelled blade. It has a rectangular steel balde, stamped with 'W. Butcher', and a wooden handle. It was used at R. Middleton & Sons' wheelwrights workshop in Eddington, Hungerford.
Descrizione fisica
1 chisel: small; steel blade [rectangular]; wooden handle
Storico archivio
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This mortising chisel was used in the Middleton’s wheelwrights’ shop at Hungerford (Berks). It is a small one with a sharpened blade only .25 inches wide. This blade is a rectangular piece of steel hafted to the wooden handle. The handle is 5.3 inches long and is oval in shape, tapering towards the point of contact with the blade. The total length of the tool is 9.5 inches. The top of the blade is stamped ‘W. Butcher’. // See 51/363.'
Luogo di produzione
Sheffield
Data
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Periodo di produzione
Nineteenth century
Nome oggetto
Materiale
Documento esterno
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_855.tif - High resolution image