Ax, Trade

Object Name:

Ax, Trade

Object ID:

1995.087

Place of Origin:

England or France

Date:

1600-1700

Description:

Ax head, iron trade. Wedge-shaped blade with impressed circular mark on both faces. Stamped mark of double-crossed line within a circle (which is characteristic of trade ax marks). No poll, no visible seam line or steel wedge. Cracked near haft. Roughly oval socket, 1.1" wide x 1.9" long. Deformation in a crack on left side of socket at front between cutting blade and edge of socket. Bottom edge of cutting blade tapers straight down to bottom edge of curved cutting surface. Cutting blade 2.7" wide. Convex, curved surface on both sides to create blade edge. Top and bottom surfaces of portion leading to blade are convex.

Material:

Metal
Iron

Dimensions:

H-2.9 L-6.4 D-1.6 inches

Provenance:

Richard D. Sawyer of Newbury, NH, found this ax head, along with an arrowhead, at Camp Copithorne on First Danforth Pond, Freedom, NH, in 1951. Archaeologist Richard Boisvert reports that other trade items have been found in that vicinity.

Credit Line:

Gift of Richard D. Sawyer

Subjects:

Axes