Object number
61/194
Description
This is a screw wrench, a form of spanner or wrench in which the lower jaw is adjusted by turning a nut on the screwed stem of the handle. It was used by the donor, a carpenter and cabinet builder, in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'SPANNER (ADJUSTABLE) // A hammer headed wrench // (See also 61/181-61/192) // [pencil sketch] // 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.'
Production date
1900-01-01 - 1949-12-31
Production period
Twentieth century, first half
Object name
Associated subject
Associated person/institution
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4075.tif - High resolution image
