Leather-working tool
Category
Tools
Date
Unknown
Materials
Steel, Wood, Brass
Measurements
23 mm (Width) x 19 mm (Depth); 134 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332179.2.5
Summary
Cobbler's/leather worker's shaping tool. Axe-shaped head with integral steel shaft, edges blunt and slightly rounded. Set into a flat and shaped wooden handle with brass collar.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade