Numero oggetto
61/169
Creatore
Descrizione
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.
Descrizione fisica
1 billhook: curved steel blade; wooden handle [ash]
Storico archivio
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'BILLHOOK // Used in Oxfordshire at Peppard. // [pencil sketch]'
Luogo di produzione
Wedges Mill
Nome oggetto
Materiale
Documento esterno
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5683.tif - High resolution image
