51/526

This is a saw edged sickle, the blade of which is stamped with the initials I.K.I.K. It was used in Berkshire, or possibly Oxfordshire, for harvesting crops by hand.

1 sickle: metal; wood (sycamore)

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This sickle came from Berkshire. It has the initials I.K.I.K. stamped on the blade, which has a saw edge. The wooden handle measures 6 inches in length and there is an indentation on the inner side of the blade just above the handle where the thumb may rest. The blade measures 22.5 inches in length and ends in a point, which is not, however, sharp. // See also 51/59M.', Many of the places in Berkshire from which Lavinia Smith acquired objects are now in Oxfordshire., Lavinia Smith No. 227., Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Heating and Cooking // 226-230. Four old sickles. One bought from Thomas Fairbrother of Marcham, one found on the dump, one given me by John and Alice Howard and one (with a saw edge) by Henry Tyrrell of Hatwell.' (See also 51/527 and 51/525 - note that one of the four sickles mentioned in Smith's catalogue appears to be missing), Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 336 // Two Sickles // Lent by MERL Miss Smith c.' (This description could also be in reference to 51/527 and 51/525)

Wood, sycamore, Metal

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)
Fairbrother, Thomas
Howard, John
Howard, Alice