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The head of an adze used for trimming and shaping wood. The adze head is part of the Rumble Collection.
This is the head of an adze, an edge tool used for trimming and shaping wood. It has a square socket and a spar at the back. It inscribed with the number '2', the letters 'W. G.' and a crown symbol. The adze head is part of the Rumble Collection.

1 adze head: metal; good condition

MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 25 October 2013 – The objects 92/2–92/68 are part of the Rumble Collection, and were donated to the Museum by Mr Rumble in July 1991. The objects were collected or purchased by Mr Rumble or his father, and most of them came from either Camberley, in Surrey, or Somerset, where Mr Rumble had previously lived. He kept his collection in the shed at the bottom of his garden in Woodley, Berkshire., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 10.8.92 // Description: Adze with square socket and spar at the back. // Inscription: 2 [crown? Symbol] W. G.’ // Dimensions: Length: (including spar) 31.0 cm // Width: 11.0 cm // Associated information: One of a collection of tools given by Mr Rumble. Mostly collected or purchased by him or his father. // References:’