Object number
51/334
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Description
An auger is a boring tool used in a variety of woodworking trades to bore long deep holes. It consists of an iron shank with a T-shaped handle at one end and a boring device at the other. A taper auger is shaped like a tapered conical half-funnel. This one was made by W. Gilpin around 1860, and has 'T. Turner & Co.' stamped on the shaft. It was bought from R. Middleton & Sons' wheelwrights workshop in Eddington, Hungerford.
Physical description
1 taper shell auger: metal; wood; good condition
Archival history
MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – '[page break] [pencil sketch]'
Production place
Wedges Mill
Production date
1825-01-01 - 1874-12-31
Production period
Mid-nineteenth century
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