Objectnummer
60/80
Vervaardiger
Beschrijving
This lathe tool is a turning gouge, used to remove wood quickly and to smooth hollows. It has a wooden handle and a steel blade, stamped ‘Isaac Greaves Cast Steel’. The gouge came from the workshop of Mr T. Harris at Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire.
Fysieke kenmerken
1 turning gouge: wood, metal
Archiefgeschiedenis
MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 January 2013 – Mr T. Harris had a smithy at Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire. Upon his death in February 1960, his daughter, Mrs M. K. Fenn, donated a large number of his tools to the Museum. Mr Harris had previously donated a number of objects to the Museum in 1952 and 1956.
Objectnaam
Materiaal