Object number
56/193
Description
An adze is a cutting tool with the blade at right angles to the handle. This is a general carpenter's adze blade, used for hewing timber to a convenient size. It originally came from Little Tew, in Oxfordshire.
Physical description
Adze: metal
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘… // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: // NUMBER: // DESCRIPTION: …‘Nothing is known about this general carpenter's adze blade from Little Tew, Oxfordshire. It measures 10 inches long, it has a cutting edge of 4.5 inches while the rectangular handle socket measures 1.7 inches long by 1.2 inches wide.'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_1590.tif - High resolution image
