61/30/1-4

These four cast iron brackets, of the same pattern, were used for fixing handles on a coffin. They also served as decoration. They came from the widow of a cabinet maker and undertaker in Burford who died in 1910.

4 coffin handle brackets: metal [cast iron]; good condition

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'COFFIN HANDLE BRACKET// See 61/23 // [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