Saw table
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal and leather
Measurements
310 x 420 x 95 mm
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Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1153323
Summary
A fret-saw table. A one-legged right-angled table surmounted by a three-sided clamp, which holds a wooden screw handle. Both pieces are clamped together with a metal wing nut, bolt and spacer. The one leg of the table piece is shaped to form two legs. Joints throughout are tongue and groove. The wooden screw handle is octagonal with barley sugar twist end and beds onto a lining pad of leather.
Provenance
Part of the John Williams Bequest, gifted to the National Trust in 1998.
Marks and inscriptions
At end of table piece: MADE ABROAD On side of clamp: ULMIA / OTT [image of church spires at centre]