Numero oggetto
62/131
Descrizione
These compasses were used by a saddler and cobbler in Yattendon, Berkshire, who had worked there from 1901 until the early 1960s. Saddlers use compasses for marking out areas of pieces of leather and straps that are to be cut.
Descrizione fisica
1 pair of compasses: steel
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_5463.tif - High resolution image