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Hennig & Co. - Ice Axe

Accession Number

1612.2021.1

Object Name

Hennig & Co. - Ice Axe

Created

25/06/2021

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

25/06/2021

Brief Description

Long wooden shafted Hennig & Co Ice Axe with leather metal buckled pick and adze protector.Sliding ring with canvas wrist loop.

Materials

wood, metal, leather

Dimensions

Shaft 92(L) cms Head 26(L) cms

Number Of Objects

2

Inscription Description

inscription on head reads"HENNIG & CO COVENTRY ST. LONDON W"

Colour

silver, brown

Maker

sold by Hennig & Co

Object Production Place

possibly Switzerland

Provenance

“Operated for only about 15 years from 1890 to circa 1905 at 26, Coventry St. being described as razor makers.”

Appearing in the London Knife Book 1820 - 1945, this is the only information we can find concerning Hennig & Co, makers , or more likely, retailers of this fabulous ice axe.
There is another Hennig & Co. in London but they deal in diamonds so unlikely that they would have produced ice axes.

Therefore, we think it’s fairly safe to assume that the Hennigs from Coventry St. had this axe made for them, most likely in Switzerland and retailed it in their shop having stamped the Hennig logo on the pick.

Wonderfully constructed, very much in the Swiss style, the axe is in pretty much mint condition, the only negative being that we, unfortunately, have no record of the donator - many thanks anyway.

Acquisition Date

25/06/2021

Condition Check Date

25/06/2021

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

25/06/2021

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