Snarling iron

A snarling iron is a metal worker's tool used to drive the walls of metal vessels. "A snarler... is a worker in teapots, and may... be compared with the leaf bumper who bumps up the leaves commonly seen in metalwork".^[1] Examples have come to light in different historical contexts, as in Chanhudaro,^[2] Indus Valley Civilization.

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↑ "Manufacture of Silver Ware". Louisville Evening Bulletin. Louisville, Kentucky. December 14, 1854. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com. He draws on the surface the design to be chased; then raises the parts to be raised, by means of the snarling iron. This is a long bar covered at each end; one end is held by a vice; the other is passed into the inside of the pitcher; by striking on the end nearest the vice, the other end is caused to spring up.
↑ Paul Yule, A Harappan 'Snarling Iron' from Chanhu daro, Antiquity 62, 1988, 116–118, ISSN 0003-598X URL: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/volltexte/2008/145/

[1] "Manufacture of Silver Ware". Louisville Evening Bulletin. Louisville, Kentucky. December 14, 1854. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com. He draws on the surface the design to be chased; then raises the parts to be raised, by means of the snarling iron. This is a long bar covered at each end; one end is held by a vice; the other is passed into the inside of the pitcher; by striking on the end nearest the vice, the other end is caused to spring up.

[2] Paul Yule, A Harappan 'Snarling Iron' from Chanhu daro, Antiquity 62, 1988, 116–118, ISSN 0003-598X URL: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/volltexte/2008/145/

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