Número del objeto
62/163
Descripción
This whetstone, or sharpening stone, was used by a saddler and cobbler in Yattendon, Berkshire, who had worked there from 1901 until the early 1960s. It was used for the preliminary grinding of a knife blade before the final sharpening on a bat.
Descripción física
1 sharpening stone: stone
Historia del archivo
Letter, Miss F. Palmer to Mr Higgs, 2nd May 1962 - 'Our village Saddler + cobbler Mr Burnham has just died. He had had the shop here since 1901 and his father was also a saddler in Reading...'
Fecha
1901 - 1962
Nombre del objeto
Material
Documento digital
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4450.tif - High resolution image
