[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
61/194
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a screw wrench, a form of spanner or wrench in which the lower jaw is adjusted by turning a nut on the screwed stem of the handle. It was used by the donor, a carpenter and cabinet builder, in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'SPANNER (ADJUSTABLE) // A hammer headed wrench // (See also 61/181-61/192) // [pencil sketch] // iron', Letter, J. C. Pope to MERL, 24 March 1961 - 'A workshop of which I have been the tenant for some years is shortly to be sold... // There are some wheelwrights' + other tools which I think may be of interest to you.'
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1900-01-01 - 1949-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Twentieth century, first half
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4075.tif - High resolution image