Acquisitions

2018.76.3

Steel 7″ gimlet with wooden handle, for boring holes into wood. Used by Vaul boatbuilders.

2018.76.2

Home-made hardwood bevel gauge stamped with ‘C Campbell’.

2018.76.1

Folding ruler made of wood and brass by John Rabone & Sons, Birmingham, 1877-1937.

2018.75.4

Iron curling tongs from the early 1900s. It was heated in the fire or oven before being applied to the hair.

2018.75.3

Brass tap from a beer or wine barrel.