Object number
51/112
Collection
Description
This ‘smoothing’ or ‘rounding’ chisel is for use with a lathe to round off beads or edges. It has a sloped, half chisel head, sharpened on both sides, the stem of which is concealed by a piece of string twisted around it. It belonged to a Chilterns chair bodger from Turville Heath in Buckinghamshire.
Physical description
1 chisel: wood and metal [steel]; good condition
Archival history
MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/112 // NAME: LATHE TOOL // NEG NO.: 35/69, 35/1881 // STORAGE: '
Production date
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Nineteenth century
Object name
Material
Associated subject
Associated person/institution
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_69.tif - High resolution image
