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This mortising chisel was used by the donor's father, who was a wheelwright and carpenter in Braishfield, Hampshire. Mortising chisels were used to create mortises (slots in wood to form parts of joints). It is a heavy chisel with a socketed handle, which is now broken, and a steel shank with a cutting edge of 0.5 inches in width.

1 mortising chisel; wood and metal [iron]; fair condition: broken handle

1900-01-01 - 1949-12-31

Twentieth century, first half

Wood, Metal, iron

Bown, Higgins James (Agent)