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This hammer, for breaking stones, came from the workshop of Mr T. Harris at Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire.
This hammer, for breaking stones, came from the workshop of Mr T. Harris at Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire. It has a long wooden shaft, and a metal head which tapers at each end.

1 hammer: wood, metal

MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 January 2013 – Mr T. Harris had a smithy at Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire. Upon his death in February 1960, his daughter, Mrs M. K. Fenn, donated a large number of his tools to the Museum. Mr Harris had previously donated a number of objects to the Museum in 1952 and 1956., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: … // Accession number: … // Classification: … // Negative number: … // Acquisition method: … // Acquired from: … // Date: … // Store: … // Condition: … // Recorder: … // Date: … // Description: Long wooden shaft, squarish & roughly shaped, tapering towards both ends. Metal head, also tapers towards both ends. // Dimensions: Max length 68.3cm. Length of head 15cm. Width of head at widest point 4.5cm. Depth of head at widest point 3.5cm. // Associated information: Donated by Mrs. Fenn after the death of her father, Mr. T. Harris, from his workshop on Witheridge Farm, Hailey, Witney. // References: …'

Metal, Wood

Fenn, M. K. (Agent)