[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
51/112
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This ‘smoothing’ or ‘rounding’ chisel is for use with a lathe to round off beads or edges. It has a sloped, half chisel head, sharpened on both sides, the stem of which is concealed by a piece of string twisted around it. It belonged to a Chilterns chair bodger from Turville Heath in Buckinghamshire.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 chisel: wood and metal [steel]; good condition
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/112 // NAME: LATHE TOOL // NEG NO.: 35/69, 35/1881 // STORAGE: '
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Nineteenth century
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[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_69.tif - High resolution image
