[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
57/377
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This lead hearth ornament, which may instead be a door stop, was found in the donor's house when he moved there. It is shaped like a dog. It is thought to date from c.1800, and is very similar to another one seen locally which was thought to have been made at a local smelt mill in Rookhope, County Durham.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 hearth ornament: metal (lead); good condition
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL ‘Associated information’ form – 'Hearth Ornament // Presumed local. // See enquiry form. // Post Card thanks sent. For previous letters see file 7/350 etc. // [pencil sketch] // Age // ? 1800 // Who made it and where? // Surmised local - crude workmanship. Made of lead a very similar one seen in a farmhouse at Rookhope, was said to be of local manufacture - which seems reasonable as a considerabl [sic] smelt mill worked there from the late 19th to shortly after the 1914 war. // Hor was it used (if not obvious) // Hearth ornament, or door stop. // Any other information // Left by previous occupier in cupboard in house I previously occupied here.'
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Nineteenth century
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[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_2821.tif - High resolution image
