Smoothing trowel, Church Family, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:

1952.5661.1

Community:

New York, Mount Lebanon

Description

Forged iron trowel-like tool with offset, slightly curved blade and tapered shaft, the end of which serves as a tang that is inserted into a turned maple or birch handle with an iron ferrule.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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