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This is a steel nutcracker with curved handles. It is English-made and dates from the seventeenth century.

1 nutcracker: metal (steel); good condition

Pre-MERL list / description – [Victoria and Albert Museum] ‘Ironwork objects for transfer to Museum of English Rural Life, Reading ... No. 32. Nutcrackers. Steel. Curved handles, richly moulded and grooved. English: 17th century.', MERL ‘Provisional Group Card’ form – ‘Provisional Group card for: // Date Acquired: // Group: Dom preparing food // Negative: 60/5091 // Period: Nutcrackers // Place of Origin: Victoria & Albert Museum // Number: 59/233/4 V&A 31/32 // Complied by: date: // Typed: // 5" long [pencil sketch]. // V&A description 59/234: Steel, curved handles, richly moulded and grooved. Eng 17thc.’

1600-01-01 - 1699-12-31

Seventeenth century