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This is a shell auger, a tool used for boring holes in wood. The square metal stem is stamped with the inscriptions '5/8' and 'Ward W P Sheffield', and the handle is stamped with the inscription 'G. Wilkins' in two places.

1 shell auger; wood and metal [iron]; good condition

Sheffield

1800-01-01 - 1860

Nineteenth century, first half

Wood, Metal, iron