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This hammer, for breaking stones, came from the workshop of Mr T. Harris at Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire. It has a long wooden shaft, and a metal head which tapers at each end.

1 hammer: wood, metal

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., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: … // Accession number: … // Classification: … // Negative number: … // Acquisition method: … // Acquired from: … // Date: … // Store: … // Condition: … // Recorder: … // Date: … // Description: Long wooden shaft, squarish & roughly shaped, tapering towards both ends. Metal head, also tapers towards both ends. // Dimensions: Max length 68.3cm. Length of head 15cm. Width of head at widest point 4.5cm. Depth of head at widest point 3.5cm. // Associated information: Donated by Mrs. Fenn after the death of her father, Mr. T. Harris, from his workshop on Witheridge Farm, Hailey, Witney. // References: …'

Metal, Wood

Fenn, M. K. (Agent)