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An auger is a boring tool used in a variety of woodworking trades, such as carpentry, wheelwrighting and ship-building, to bore long deep holes. Part of the auger bores the bottom of the hole as the tool goes round and another part holds the shavings and discharges them when the tool is pulled out. This auger was used by the donor, a carpenter and cabinet maker at Kidlington, Oxfordshire.

1 shell auger: wood (ash); metal (steel); good condition

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'AUGER (SHELL) // [pencil sketch] // ash // steel', 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.'

1900-01-01 - 1949-12-31

Twentieth century, first half

Wood, ash, Metal