Numero oggetto
62/83
Descrizione
This awl was used by a saddler and cobbler in Yattendon, Berkshire, who had worked there from 1901 until the early 1960s. Various types of awl were used by saddlers to make holes in leather prior to stitching.
Descrizione fisica
1 awl: metal spike and ferrule: wooden handle
Storico archivio
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...'
Data
1901 - 1962
Nome oggetto
Materiale
Documento esterno
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4780.tif - High resolution image
