[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
54/466
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
These small callipers were used by a wheelwright in Writtle, Essex. Wheelwrights used callipers to measure out the nave, or 'hub', of a wheel when turning it on a lathe. These callipers were also used by the wheelwright's father and grandfather, both of whom had also been wheelwrights in the same village.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
callipers
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1850-01-01 - 1899-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Nineteenth century, second half
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