Froe
- Object Name:
- Froe
- Object ID:
- 1969.052.25
- Description:
- Scraper (or froe). Iron. Roughly rectangular blade section 2.4" high, width 9.7". Cutting edge of blade has nicks and lightly, turned-over edges. Blade thickness ~0.15". It has vertical bend near midpoint. Outer edges curved. Much of inside edge curved. Blade attached to rectangular shank 0.4" thick, medium width 0.7". Shank ~10" long, tapers down one side of blade. Other side flush with blade surface. Edges of shank slightly chamfered by working. At end of shank is cylinder-shaped area 1.5" high, 1.25" diameter. Top and bottom surfaces flat. Cylinder extends upward above surface of shank. Square hole that extends downward inside cylinder at top end, 0.5" square. Hole depth: 1". Small crack in area where shank meets blade on flush side. Crack extends outward about 0.7".
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-4 W-18.8 D-1.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Objects and manuscripts from the Nims and Knight families of Roxbury and the Rugg family of Sullivan, given by a descendant, Helen E. (Mrs. Charles B.) Knight of Marlborough.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Helen E. Knight
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