Handle
Pick axe
This handle is for a 'mandril' – a miner's pick axe – and is described as a 'bottom mandril handle'. 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 tradit…
Medewerkers
- Forest Products Limited
Onderwerp
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Handle making
- EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING : extraction
- Coal
- Steenkool
Type object
- Handle
- Pick axe
Datum
- 1945/1946
- 1945/1946
Medewerkers
- Forest Products Limited
Onderwerp
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Handle making
- EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING : extraction
- Coal
- Steenkool
Type object
- Handle
- Pick axe
Datum
- 1945/1946
- 1945/1946
Deelnemende erfgoedorganisatie
Informatienetwerk
Rechtenstatus van de media in dit record (tenzij anders vermeld)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Plaatsen
- Huntley
Herkomst
- Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Identificatie
- 60/580
- 10005
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading/10005
Land
- Europe
Naam van de collectie
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- 2019-10-18T15:44:57.982Z