2003/6

Cornelius Whitehouse & Sons (Manufacturer)

These long-handled pruners are a garden tool used at Highclere, Hampshire. They have a scissor-action, with short steel blades tanged into long wooden handles. One blade is inscribed 'CORNELIUS WHITEHOUSE & SONS' and the other is inscribed 'TRADEMARK // UNBREAKABLE'.

1 pair of long-handled pruners: wood; steel; good conditionInscription on blades: 'Cornelius Whitehouse & Sons Trademark Unbreakable'

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'PRUNERS, LONG-HANDLED // Description // 1 pair of long-handled pruners. // Scissor-action, with short, steel blades tanged into long wooden handles; at top of each handle is a metal ferrule; one handle has iron band wrapped around it beneath ferrule (presumably to repair a split in the wood); handles narrow towards bottom; // Inscription on blades: CORNELIUS WHITEHOUSE & SONS // TRADEMARK // UNBREAKABLE' // Dimensions // 97cm (total length); 20cm (length of blades) // Associated information // See sheet for 2003/5', MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) [2003/5] – 'SHEARS // ... // Associated information // Deposited along with long-handled pruners (2003/6), edge trimmers (2003/7), and a hook (2003/8), all of which were used at Highclere, Hampshire, as gardening tools.'