Номер объекта
51/361
Создатель
Описание
This small mortising chisel, used for cutting mortices to create joints in wood, has an octagonal handle and a sharply bevelled blade. It has a rectangular steel balde, stamped with 'W. Butcher', and a wooden handle. It was used at R. Middleton & Sons' wheelwrights workshop in Eddington, Hungerford.
Физическое описание
1 chisel: small; steel blade [rectangular]; wooden handle
Архивная история
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This mortising chisel was used in the Middleton’s wheelwrights’ shop at Hungerford (Berks). It is a small one with a sharpened blade only .25 inches wide. This blade is a rectangular piece of steel hafted to the wooden handle. The handle is 5.3 inches long and is oval in shape, tapering towards the point of contact with the blade. The total length of the tool is 9.5 inches. The top of the blade is stamped ‘W. Butcher’. // See 51/363.'
Место изготовления
Sheffield
Дата
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Период создания
Nineteenth century
Наименование
Материал
Внешняя ссылка
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_855.tif - High resolution image