A croze cuts the groove at each end of a barrel that the head drops into. Get it wrong and the barrel leaks, which on a rum estate is the whole argument.
Beech stock, steel cutter, the owner's initials burnt into the stock twice in two different places. Came to us from Frome with a set of six other cooper's tools.
Accession
1959.17
Made
c. 1860
Maker
Unrecorded, Westmoreland
Came from
Frome, Westmoreland
Material
Beech, steel
Size
340 mm long
Kept
Store, bay 4
In store, and you can still see itIt is in store, bay 4. Add it to a request and pick a study day: two tables, Wednesday and Friday, 48 hours' notice, no charge.