Object number
53/573
Description
This is a brace, a hand tool used for boring holes. It is made of wood (possibly cherry wood) and brass. It was made and used in Oxfordshire.
Physical description
1 brace; wood [cherry wood]; good condition
Archival history
MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – ‘Notes (continued overleaf): Wooden brace with brass end for bit fixing and wooden handle with brass trim. // Cataloguing Cataloguer: JMB // of: MERL // date: 8.12.75’, Letter from donor to MERL, n.d. - 'It came from Oxfordshire and The “hand turn space” was probably held in a wad of wool.'
Production place
Oxfordshire
Production date
1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31
Production period
Eighteenth century
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