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64/204
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This crook owned by James Badder, shepherd at Home Park, Windsor to Queen Victoria. This crook is technically a leg cleek, made by a local blacksmiths. It is made of iron and rosewood.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 crook: wood (rosewood); metal (iron)
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL ‘Handwritten accession’ form (Museum of English Rural Life) - ‘ Standard museum name: CROOK // Accession number: 64/204 // Classification: LIVESTOCK- SHEEP // Negative number: 60/8315 // Acquisition method: GIFT // Acquired from: W.A. BADDER ESQ, DAIRY COTTAGE // CUMBERLAND LODGE, WINDSOR GREAT PARK, BERKS // Date: 1964// Store: SMALL OBJECTS // Description: BLACK PAINTED IRON CROOK ON STAINED ROSEWOOD HELVE // Associated information: PROPERLY SPEAKING THIS IS A LEG CLEEK. MADE BY LOCAL BLACKSMITHS COPYING BASIC SHAPE (E.G. THE THROAT HAD A GAP OF OLD PENNY WIDTH) BUT WITH INDIVIDUAL DESIGN ELEMENTS. CROOK USED BY JAMES BADDER, SHEPHERD AT HOME PARK, WINDSOR TO QUEEN VICTORIA. ORIGINALLY CAME FROM WINTERBOURNE STOKE, WILTS, C.189O.’
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1885-01-01
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[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_11609.tif - High resolution image
