croze
Report a Mistake- Date Made 1765
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- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Object Number 988.77.131
- Place of Origin --
- Category Tools and equipment for materials
- Sub-category Woodworking tools and equipment
- Department History
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1765/01/01
- Latest 1765/12/31
- Materials Wood, Metal
- Measurements Height 6.0 cm, Length 19.8 cm, Width 11.0 cm
- Related activity Coopering
- Caption Crozes
- Additional Information Coppers used the croze, a specialized form of plough plane, to cut a groove called the "croze" or "croze groove". It was cut on the insides of the staves near the end of the cask, being put there for taking the head. Excerpt from exhibition text: On the Cutting Edge: The Arthur Pascal Collection of Woodworking Hand Tools, December 1991 to October 2005.
- Caption Sawtooth Croze
- Additional Information The date "1765" has been carved into this croze. Excerpt from exhibition text: On the Cutting Edge: The Arthur Pascal Collection of Woodworking Hand Tools, December 1991 to October 2005.