62/345

Heading tool used for shaping the heads of nails. Used at Messrs Wallace Bros. blacksmith's shop in Writtle, Essex. No later than 1880.
This heading tool, used for shaping the heads of nails, was used at Messrs Wallace Bros. a blacksmith's shop in Writtle, Essex. It probably dates from no later than 1880.

1 heading tool: metal

MERL miscellaneous note – 'Two anvil swages 62/343-344 // One nail heading tool 62/345 // One anvil tool for flattening 62/346 // All from the blacksmiths shop at Messrs Wallace Bros, Whittle, Chelmsford, Essex. // All are substantially wrought iron and are probably no later than 1880. // ... Above business now abandoned. The wheelwright Wallace died in 1960 – work including undertaking etc still carried out by former apprentice... in a new business established 1960 on a site a few yards away.', MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'NAIL HEADER // See attached notes. // Used by blacksmith for putting heads on nails. Made from wrought iron, & is probably no later than 1880.'

1880