61/33/1-2

These two screws, made of steel with brass heads, would have been used for screwing down the lid of the coffin, as well as serving as decoration. They came from the widow of a cabinet maker and undertaker in Burford who died in 1910.

2 coffin bolts; metal [steel (screw) and brass (head)]; good condition

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'COFFIN BOLT // See 61/23/1-2. // [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