Object number
54/529
Description
Nail heading tool used for making the heads of hand-forged nails. Used by the donor's father, a wheelwright in Braishfield, Hampshire.
This is a nail heading tool, used for making the heads of hand forged nails. It consists of a curved iron bar 11 inches long with a tapering rectangular hole at one end. It was used by the donor's father, a wheelwright in Braishfield, Hampshire.
Physical description
1 nail heading tool: metal; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘DESCRIPTION: ‘...see 54/507'
Production date
1875-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Late-nineteenth century
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