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FERS [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

bilbo: an item in the "Regulative and Protective Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

fers : objet de la classe «Dispositifs de protection» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glass Manufacturing
DEF

A glassmaker's tool, sometimes known as pucellas, for the shaping of glass during the blowing process.

CONT

With the pucellas all the essential processes of shaping can be accomplished, such as spreading the tops of bowls, diminishing the diameter where a constriction of the body is desired, or elongating and shaping parts such as stems.

OBS

pucellas: This tool is called steel jacks today.

Key term(s)
  • steel jacks

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du verre
DEF

Outils de verrier en forme de lames de ciseaux qui servent à ouvrir la paraison, l'allonger, la raccourcir, lui donner toutes les formes.

CONT

Les fers servent à «modeler» la pièce. Ses branches en bois ou en métal, peuvent ouvrir une paraison, étirer un col, arrondir une forme, achever les bords des ouvertures, façonner les pieds [...]. Cet outil en fer, de 15 cm de long, fait d'une seule pièce, a ses branches légèrement recourbées.

Spanish

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Record 3 1983-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

shackles for feet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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