Contributed by Davistown Museum
Description
Listed in DATM (1999) as a Portland, Maine ax and chisel maker, 1856.
Size: 1 3/4" diameter, 13 3/4" long with 6" long handle and hand forged ferrule.
Signed: "HIGGINS & LIBBY".
A gouge has a curved cutting edge at the end of of a blade and is used to cut or pare solid material such as metal or wood
About This Item
- Title: Gouge, ca. 1856
- Creator: Higgins & Libby
- Creation Date: circa 1856
- Subject Date: circa 1856
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Forged iron and steel, wooden handle
- Local Code: TBC1002
- Collection: Maine Made Tool Table-Maritime IV
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Davistown MuseumPO Box 346, 58 Main Street #4, Liberty, ME 04949
(207) 288-5126
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