Inventarnummer
66/146
Hersteller
Beschreibung
A bulb planter, for planting bulbs. The iron head consists of a cylindrical ring and a foot bar, attached to a wooden handle. It is stamped 'Barr & Sons // Covent Garden // Barr's Bulb Planter'.
Physische Beschaffenheit
1 bulb planter: metal (iron); wooden handleThe makers inscription can be seen stamped on the iron planting end between the foot bar and the ring. It reads 'Barr & Sons, Covent Garden...[illeg.]...Barr's Bulb Planter'
Bestandsgeschichte
MERL ‘History Artefacts’ card – ‘Description: Planter – a cylindrical ring with a flat, rect. sect. [rectangular section]. Shaft at the back, joining straight foot-bar projecting out its either side. Ending in long ‘wrap around’ socket with narrow opening down the back. All in one piece. Iron. // Handle – wooden round sect. [section] shaft attached in socket with three nails. Mortised into T bar across the top, also wood & shaped for grips. Reinforced with a flat metal plate passing over the top and nailed to the shaft an either side with four nails.’
Entstehungsort
Covent Garden [Westminster]
Objektbezeichnung
Material
Digitales Dokument
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