Hatchel
- Object Name:
- Hatchel
- Object ID:
- 1994.514.13
- Description:
- Hatchel. Wood and steel. Base board of medium-tan softwood. Rectangular in shape, slightly rounded corners. Edges slightly rounded. Spike array 5.8" x 4.3". Spikes round, steel with long taper to fine point. Spike diameter varies from 0.15" to 0.18". On end, 7 spikes; next row, 8; next, 9; 11 rows of 8, 10 rows of 9, and 2 rows of 7. Three missing altogether. Total 189. Wrought-iron band, 0.65" high, that wraps around wood base of spike array. In the four corners, slightly domed heads of bolts of steel that pass through spike base and base board. Finished flush on bottom in four square nuts that are also flush with bottom. Couple of long checks at one end; one check terminates in crack that goes all the way through wood near one corner of array. It is a loose board section held in place by not being completely broken. Red "FP47c".
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-4.7 W-5.7 L-22.8 D-1 inches Weight-94.65 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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