Object number
98/62
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Description
A chisel with a flat square head and rough wooden handle, for use in stonework. It is stamped ‘I. SORBY // CAST STEEL’. It is part of a collection of woodworking and stoneworking tools given to the Museum by Mr Stamp.
Physical description
1 chisel: wood and metal [steel]; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: Chisel with a flat square head which is tanged into a rough wooden handle. There is a flat collar where the tang enters the handle. The handle is deformed at the end which is also wider. // Stamped – I SORBY // CAST STEEL // Dimensions: Length overall: 23.3 cm // Length of handle: 14.3 cm // Associated information: See 98/60’
Production place
Sheffield
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