Description:A whitesmith's hammer from J. Clark and Sons. The hammer has a wooden handle and an iron head.
J. Clark and Sons were whitesmiths, locksmiths and bell hangers. From 1880 to 1980 they lived and worked in a small workshop at 66.5 Clarendon Street, Leamington Spa. Whitesmiths worked in white iron or tin plated iron and other white metals. This hammer is one of a collection of whitesmith tools and products that were salvaged from the site of the workshop.