Axe head
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COOPER'S/SIDE-BROAD
- DATE
- 1870
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0564.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Barton, D.R. & Co.
- MODEL
- 2
- LOCATION
- Rochester, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (IRON OR STEEL)/ WOOD FRAGMENTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.8 cm
- Width
- 8.6 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools & equipment-trades
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Barton
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Rochester
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MFD BY DAVID R. BARTON, A FIRM WHICH EXISTED IN VARIOUS GUISES FOR OVER 100 YEARS (C. 1832- 1939). IT BECAME A SIGNIFICANT MFR AND SUPPLIER OF TOOLS TO THE WORDWORKING TRADES THROUGHOUT THE USA AND CANADA. (SEE REF. IN CATALOGUERS FILES- INDUSTRIAL) - Function
-
USED FOR LISTING OR SHAPING STAVES, THAT IS, TAPERING & TRIMMING IRREGULAR EDGES; FOR ROUGH SHAPING THE CIRCULAR OUTLINE OF THE HEADS; & FOR CHOPPING AWAY THE BEVEL ON THE BACK OF THE HEADS BEFORE USING THE HEADING KNIFE. - Technical
-
THE SHAPE OF THIS AXE SEEMS TO BE A SURVIVAL OF THE T-SHAPED AXES OF THE MIDDLE AGES & LENDS ITSELF TO A LIGHTER METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THAN THE SIDE AXES OF WHEELWRIGHTS & COACHBUILDERS IN WHICH THE EYE IS FORGED INTO THE BLADE ITSELF (1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PARTLY ILLEGIBLE MFR'S NAME INCISED ON BIT
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Barton, D.R. & Co., Axe head, circa 1870, Artifact no. 1981.0564, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0564.001/
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