[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
62/136
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
These cutting nippers were used by a saddler and cobbler in Yattendon, Berkshire, who had worked there from 1901 until the early 1960s. They were presumably used for making small cuts in leather and other materials used in saddlery.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 cutting nippers: metal
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
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...'
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1901 - 1962
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5473.tif - High resolution image
