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Tool - Axe, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A slightly curved wooden handled axe with a forged steel head. It is a multipurpose cutting tool used for felling and delimbing trees, splitting of logs for firewood and dressing of logs for timber conversion. It was used in the 19th century.woodworking tools, wood, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes -
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Tool - Broadaxe Head, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A forged steel broadaxe head without a handle - it has a hole for the handle. It can be known also as a trimming axe blade or a long bearded axe because of its beard shape. It was commonly used in manufacture of square timbers for wooden shipbuilding, log building, timber framing and railroad ties. It was used in the 19th century.woodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, broadaxes, felling axes, hewing axes, axe heads, tool components -
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Tool - Felling Axe Head, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A forged steel long narrow sharp bladed felling axe head without a handle - it has a hole for the handle. It was commonly used to chop down trees as it has a more elongated and rigid blade excellent for deep gouging cuts.The length of the handle, weight of the head and angle of the blade all play a role in just how deep it cuts. It was use din the 19th Century.There is a small grooved pattern on the head where the handle would attach. A circular indentation is evident.woodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, felling axes, axe heads, tool components, -
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Tool - Casing Hatchet, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A forged steel hatchet with a wooden handle used to open wooden fruit boxes or cases .It has a small groove to lift nails. It was used in the 19th century.woodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, hatchets, cleavers, tomahawks -
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Tool - Adze, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A long bladed forged steel adze head. It was used by woodworkers for cutting and trimming rough wooden planks and shaping and smoothing wooden surfaces in the late 19th century.woodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, adzes -
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Tool - Hatchet, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A forged steel hatchet No 4 with a handmade short wooden handle used as a trimming hatchet or axe. It is branded: 'Golden Berg' curved around a swan in a circle. It was used in the 19th century.No 4. It is branded: 'Golden Berg' curved around a swan in a circle.woodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, hatchets, cleavers, tomahawks, wood -
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Tool - Casing Hatchet, Unknown
Used in the mid 20th century.A forged steel hatchet with an axe head, hammer head, nail puller and a lever hole. It has a short metal cased wooden handle with brass rivets. It was used as a trimming hatchet or axe in the mid 20th century. It is a 'Swordfish' brand, made in China.Inscribed with Swordfish brand Made in China with a picture of a swordfish. woodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, hatchets, cleavers, tomahawks, wood -
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Tool - Mallet, Unknown
Used in the 20th century.A handmade rectangular shaped large wooden mallet head and handle. It was used in carpentry to knock wooden pieces together or to drive dowels or chisels. Used in the 20th century.wood, mallets, woodworking tools, striking tools, small wooden hammers -
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Tool - Bill Hook, Unknown
Used in the 19th centuryA bill hook or axe-handled slasher which is an axe-handled forged metal blade with a strong curved sharp axe like edge and a straight secondary edge on the back. It has a broken wooden handle with steel or a tang which passed through the handle if it were still attached. There is stamped on the blade near the handle join - '2'. The original finish of the blade would have been, 'Japanned' which is baked black enamel. It was used to cut back scrub, small trees and woody vegetation in the 19th century.'2' stamped on the blade near where it joins the handle.slashers, cutting tools, bill hook slasher, gardening tools, agricultural tools -
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Tool - Paling knife, Unknown
A forged steel headed paling knife or froe with a wooden handle used for splitting wood along the grain. It is sometimes called a cleaving tool. There is a large indented cross on the side of the head of the blade where the handle joins it.A large cross is indented on the head.cleaving tools, woodworking tools, froes, rending axes, cleaving irons -
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Tool - Auger, Hardypick, Unknown
Used in the 19th centuryA two piece large wooden handled Auger or steel drill bit with the insignia 'Hardypick, Sheffield, England' stamped on the top of the drill bit. It was used in the 19th century to drill holes in especially large wood.'Hardypick, Sheffield, England'steel, wood, woodworking tools, carpentry tools, auger bits, augers, cutting tools -
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Tool - Steel wedge
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Mont De Lancey
Tool - Steel wedge
Used in the 19th century.A solid steel rectangular wedge fluted three quarters of the way down on both faces, used with a maul to split logs and timber, particularly hardwoods. It was used in the 19th Century.splitting wedges, steel, wood splitting wedges, woodworking tools -
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Container - Glass bottle
Pale green glass bottle with white, metal, screw-on lid. It has a beige-coloured label with red and blue writing, and a picture of an orange and a lemon, green leaves and one white flower.On the label: "Kia-ora 50 - 50 Fruit Juice Cordial, made from oranges and lemons. 26 FL. OZ NET. Preservatives: This food contains not more than 2 grains of sulphur dioxide to the pint. Kia-ora Industries Limited, Melbourne - Sydney - Australia".containers, bottles -
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Domestic object - Material Storage Box
Rectangular, beige, cloth-covered box with lid. It has a green, pink and red floral pattern overall. The lining and the inside of the lid is of a pale green fabric. A fine, pale green cord and knot braid decorates the edges of the lid. Inside the box there are: a)1 cream-coloured silk, handstitched bird pouch, with a gold-coloured patterned edging. The bird has 2 gold-coloured bead eyes. b) 1 square purple cloth perfume sachet containing rosemary. c) 1 small, glass-covered, coloured picture of a girl in a green and orange dress, with a pigeon on her shoulder. She is feding some birds and chickens.containers, storage boxes -
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Accessory - Cumberbands
1 orange and brown striped, satin scarf with orange fringed ends.1 black, satin cumberband. 3 red, satin cumberbands, one with a 1 cm fringe at both ends. 1 pink, satin cumberband. 1 cerise, satin cumberband with 13 cm fringes at both ends. 1 purple, velvet pouch with flap, with a mauve, satin lining, containing lavender. It has a mauve ribbon flower sewn on to the right-hand side of flap. All items are held in a green, quilted, satin holdall with a pink and green flower pattern on a green leaf background. The holdall has a gathered, olive green, satin edging.clothing accessories, scarves -
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Domestic object - Tablecloth
Square, white damask tablecloth, with leaf design and a spoke stiched edge.tableware, table linen, household textiles -
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Domestic object - Note holder
Beige, linen note holder, embroidered with blue blue flowers with yellow centres and green leaves and the word "Notes" above the flowers. The holder is edged with narrow blue bias binding and a loop for hanging. It also has a 1 cm wide cardboard strip as a stiffener across the top, stitched into place.holders, note accessories -
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Domestic object - Holdall
Cream-coloured, rollable cotton holdall, used for toiletries. It has a lower pocket, and slots on a central strip for storing items horizontally, as well as side flaps folding inwards and ties at the top.Nonecontainers, toiletries -
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Domestic object - Table runner
White cotton table runner, with a white embroidered butterfly amongst white stems, flowers and leaves at each end. The runner has white, scalloped, embroidered and crocheted edges.household textiles, table linen -
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Domestic object - Table runner
White, cotton table runner with a central strip flanked by cotton zig-zag strips, 2 cm cotton strips and then outer, scalloped, crocheted edges all around.table runner, table linen, household textiles -
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Domestic object - Hand towel
White,cotton, square-patterned hand towel with a spok edged hem on one end and a crocheted, flower pattern edge on the other.bath linen, hand towels, towels -
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Domestic object - Table runner
White, linen table runner with hand embroidery with floral patterns in various styles.table linen, table ware, table runners, embroidery -
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Domestic object - Table runner
Crocheted , cotton table runner with floral design and spiky scalloped edgescotton thread, table runners -
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Tool - Steel wedge
Used in the 19th century.A solid steel rectangular wedge fluted three quarters of the way down on both faces, used with a maul to split logs and timber, particularly hardwoods. It was used in the 19th Century.splitting wedges, steel, wood splitting wedges, woodworking tools -
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Tool - Mortising Axe, Unknown
Used in the late 19th century.A forged steel narrow headed mortising axe with a long wooden handle. It was used in the construction of post and rail fences where it could be used to chip out small pieces in the wood. It was used in the late 19th century.Indecipherableaxes, cutting tools, hand axes, froes, woodworking tools, cleaving tools -
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Tool - Axe Head, Whitehouse and Sons, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A forged steel unusual long winged axe head blade without a handle - it has a hole for the handle. Originally it was "Japanned" finished' with black baked enamel which is now peeling off. There is a indented small zigzag pattern on the head where it would meet the handle. It was used in the 19th century possibly as a trimming axe.Whitehouse and Sons Cannock Warrantedwoodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, broadaxes, felling axes, hewing axes, axe heads, tool components -
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Tool - Broad Axe, PLUMB USA, Unknown
Used in the 19th century by Bill Homefield.A forged steel headed broad axe with a handmade turned wooden handle for a left handed person's use. It was used to trim or square up posts or logs and shape timber in the 19th century.PLUMB USA is stamped on the head.axes, cutting tools, hand axes, froes, woodworking tools, cleaving tools -
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Tool - Adze, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A wide bladed forged steel adze with a smooth curved wooden handle. It was used by woodworkers for cutting and trimming rough wooden planks and shaping and smoothing wooden surfaces in the 19th century.woodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, adzes, wood -
Mont De Lancey
Tool - Adze, Unknown
Used in the 19th century.A wide bladed forged steel Cooper's Adze head with a curved blade. There is no handle. At the opposite end there is a hammer shaped head. It was used by woodworkers for cutting and trimming rough wooden planks and shaping and smoothing wooden surfaces in the 19th century.woodworking tools, steel, froes, cleaving axes, axes, cutting tools, hand axes, adzes