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This gilt cast iron handle would have been used for carrying a coffin. It came from the widow of a cabinet maker and undertaker in Burford who died in 1910.

1 coffin handle; metal [cast iron] coated with gilt; good condition

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'COFFIN HANDLE // See 61/23/1-2. // [pencil sketch]', MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form [61/23/1-2] – 'COFFIN PLATES // The plates came from the Estate of an old Mrs Smith of Burford, whose husband died in 1910. He was a 'cabinet maker' and undertaker in Burford. [pencil sketch]'

1800-01-01 - 1849-12-31

Nineteenth century, first half