Object number
51/1208
Description
This is a steel boot hook, used for pulling on boots, with a folding handle and a pricker at each end of the handle. It dates from the nineteenth century.
Physical description
1 boot hook: metal (steel); fair condition
Archival history
Victoria & Albert Museum No. M355, 1917., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – [pencil sketch]
Production date
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Nineteenth century
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_742.tif - High resolution image
