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55/382
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Description
Beechwood mallet belonged to Mr Herbert King, a Reading stonemason who died in 1955. He worked on soft stone, used in Reading.
This beechwood mallet, for use with a chisel, belonged to Mr Herbert King, a Reading stonemason who died in 1955. Mr King worked on soft stone, such as the Bath stone used in Reading.
Physical description
1 mallet: wood (beech)
Archival history
MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘The tools belonged to Mr Herbert King, a stonemason of 67 years who died in January 1955. (He was deaf & almost dumb). He was apprenticed to J. M. Jones, Builders, Reading. The tools are those used in Bath stone building – a fairly soft stone which can easily carved, e.g. Royal Berks [Berkshire] Hospital, King’s Rd [Road] etc. This Bath stone was brought into Reading by canal from c. 1750 to 1850. There is no local stone available & the majority of Reading buildings are brick, apart from those from Bath stone. // Saws for sawing such things as windows and other pointed stone work. Bath stone is soft and saws can be used if moistened with water. For harder stones, saws have to be moistened with sand and water before they will work. // Hammers used with chisel.’
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