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Hammer, mosaic
This is a mosaic hammer, used by a stonemason to cut cubes of marble. It is missing its handle. The hammer is one of a collection of stonemasonry tools given to the Museum by Mr Ben Hingston, a London stonemason who stopped working in the practical side of the trade in 1958. Mr Hingston acquired it from Mr Watts, a Dagenham stonemason – it was common practice for masons to borrow tools from each o…
Contributors
- Pound, L.
Subject
- CRAFTS : stone-working
- PROCESSING : milling
Type of item
- Hammer, mosaic
Contributors
- Pound, L.
Subject
- CRAFTS : stone-working
- PROCESSING : milling
Type of item
- Hammer, mosaic
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Places
- Lambeth
- London Borough of Lambeth
Provenance
- Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Identifier
- 58/135
- 3899
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading/3899
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-10-18T17:42:02.671Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-10-18T17:42:02.671Z