Snarling iron

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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.

Snarling iron excavated from Chanhudaro, Purana Qila Fort, Delhi Snarling iron, Chanhu daro 1.jpg
Snarling iron excavated from Chanhudaro, Purana Qila Fort, Delhi

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  1. Daily Mail 31 October 1900
  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/