Handle
Pick axe
This handle is for a 'mandril' – a miner's pick axe. It was made by Forest Products Limited of Huntley, Gloucestershire, circa 1945–6. The handle is made of ash and has been cleft by hand to follow the natural grain of the wood, giving the handle a strength and toughness not achieved through machine cutting. It is part of a large collection of traditional craft products acquired from the British C…
Contributeurs
- Forest Products Limited
Thème
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Handle making
- EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING : extraction
- Coal
- Charbon
Type d'item
- Handle
- Pick axe
Date
- 1945/1946
- 1945/1946
Contributeurs
- Forest Products Limited
Thème
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Handle making
- EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING : extraction
- Coal
- Charbon
Type d'item
- Handle
- Pick axe
Date
- 1945/1946
- 1945/1946
Institution partenaire
Agrégateur
Licence du support dans cet enregistrement (sauf indication contraire)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Lieux
- Huntley
Provenance
- Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Identificateur
- 60/568
- 10000
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading/10000
Pays fournisseur
- Europe
Nom de la collection
Première publication sur Europeana
- 2019-07-31T16:23:48.865Z
Dernière mise à jour de l'Institution partenaire
- 2019-10-18T15:44:57.982Z