Adze
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
circa 1888 - circa 1914
Materials
Iron, Wood
Measurements
470 mm (Length)240 mm (Length)39 mm (W)
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Finch Foundry, Devon
NT 55419
Summary
Millbill or Pick - This adze like tool has a blade made of iron and graduated to a flat edge at each end. One end of the blades is longer than the other but can be reversed if a longer or shorter edge is required. Used by the millwright to dress millstones.
Provenance
Transferred to the Trust from North Dartmoor Museums Association 1994. No OKMDL number but listed in transfer inventory as item 15. and described as Mill Bill.