Object number
51/353
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Description
This is a heavy firmer chisel with a square blade and a socketted handle. The flattened end of the handle shows it was used with a mallet. The blade is marked with the name of the maker, Isaac Greaves. It was used for general woodcutting at R. Middleton & Sons' wheelwrights workshop in Eddington, Hungerford.
Physical description
1 chisel: metal blade; wooden handle
Production date
1825-01-01 - 1874-12-31
Production period
Mid-nineteenth century
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