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61/192
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a bench clamp, a predecessor of the modern bench stop. It was used to hold timber to a bench during planing. The rounded pillar fits into a circular socket. It was used by the donor, a carpenter and cabinet maker, at Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 bench clamp: metal (wrought iron); fair condition- incomplete
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'CLAMP (bench) // A clamp used to hold timber to a bench during planing. The rounded pillar fits into a circular socket: The predecessor of the modern bench stop. // [pencil sketch] // wrought 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
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[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3825.tif - High resolution image
