On View
Not on viewPost hole auger
Date1800 - 1830
Terms
- Augers
- Steel
- England
- United States
Dimensions12.69 × 104.06 cm (5 × 41 in.)
MarkingsMarked on square section of shaft "W L" seperated by a bisected lozenge; letters about 1" high.
Credit LineGift of Stephen Baldwin (1993)
Object number1993.10
DescriptionSteel augur or post hole digger. Forged steel screw, three turns, with gimlet end; round shaft for most of its length, to square section where it is formed to a socket for a (missing) perpendicular handle. David Wood: believed to be an ice auger, used for drilling into pond or river ice.
Object number: H2192
Object number: 2020.21.16