Very Early, 17th/18th Century Wooden Woodworkers Brace, Rare (1470)

Description: Very Early, 17th/18th Century Wooden Woodworkers Brace, Extremely Rare (1470) Early example. Hand-worked, including both the head and the handle, not turned. All wooden apart from i) the iron casing for the bit holder ii) The hand-forged nail repairs (one to the side of the handle and three to the area around the bit-holder - all are early historical repairs.The handle-retaining peg is wooden.The handle is almost certainly original, and from the holes the recess in the handle shaft can be seen where the original retaining peg would have been.Has a number of cracks - the crack in the area of the bit-holder has a very old repair with very early hand-forged nails.The rotating grip has cracks but holds in place and doesn't appear to have been glued (the handle centre-spindle is jointed into the two parts of the main body).Numerous knocks and losses as to be expected. Condition is used, signs of age - refer to photos and condition description. Shipping is to the UK mainland only, else via eBay global shipping. Shipping is combined wherever possible. This is a trading account and all funds are paid into a UK Business Account and are tax-accountable.

Price: 95 GBP

Location: Nottingham

End Time: 2024-12-11T21:04:54.000Z

Shipping Cost: 61.57 GBP