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

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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://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0564.001/

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