Numero oggetto
55/97
Descrizione
This ivory splitter, with a wooden handle, was used to split straws into splints for making fine straw plait. Until the nineteenth century this task was performed with a sharp knife. The point of the splitter was thrust down the straw pipe and the cutters separated it into equal sized splints. It is believed that this splitter was used by Mrs Trebble, a shepherd's wife, of Belchamp Saint Paul, Essex.
Descrizione fisica
1 straw splitter: wood; ivory
Data
1800-01-01 - 1849-12-31
Periodo di produzione
Nineteenth century, first half
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