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W. Gilpin (Manufacturer)

A 'Kent axe' for felling trees or cutting wood. It has a symmetrical round-shouldered blade, a flat poll and pointed lugs. The wooden handle is curved. The axe is marked with the manufacturer's details, '1 // W. Gilpin, Wedges Mill // Warranted', and also with the initials 'J.S.' It is part of the Rumble Collection.

1 Kent axe: wood; 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: 13.7.92 // Description: Felling or wood cutting axe with symmetrical round-shouldered blade, flat poll and pointed lugs, both above and below the eye. Smooth curved wooden handle. // Inscription: 1 W. GILPIN, WEDGES MILL // WARRANTED // Also : J.S. // Dimensions: Length + handle: 40.0 cm // Depth of poll: 2.5 cm // Length: Blade 15.0 cm // Width of edge: 10.0 cm // Associated information: One of a collection of tools given by Mr Rumble. Mostly collected or purchased by him or his father. // References: MERL 5850 Salaman “Dictionary of Tools” p58 // 2MRL P2/B/G4 Photocopy of 1868 catalogue for W. GILPIN Plate 16.’

Wedges Mill

Wood, Metal