Object number
51/327
Collection
Creator
Description
This smoothing chisel has a blade sharpened on both sides, at an acute angle to the shaft, and the shank is stamped ‘Marsden Brothers, Sheffield’. It is a lathe tool, and was used to reduce the surface of the wood to a uniform level as it whirled around on the lathe. It was used at R. Middleton & Sons’ wheelwrights workshop in Eddington, Hungerford.
Physical description
1 lathe tool: wood; metal (cast steel; brass); good condition
Production place
Sheffield
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Material
Technique
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_856.tif - High resolution image
