Sugar axe

identifier
ID 342
morphology
craft
holotype
MOT V S 6077 L=33cm WD=12,5cm WT=376gr
description

Small and light (approx. 300 gr) axe to break sugar, which used to be sold in large cone-shaped blocks. It is usually combined with a hammer to finely beaten the broken pieces of sugar. Sugar nippers were used for smaller pieces of sugar. [MOT]