Object number
62/186
Collection
Description
This is a girth buckle, from a horse harness. It belonged to a saddler and cobbler in Yattendon, Berkshire, who had worked there from 1901 until the early 1960s.
Physical description
Buckle: metal
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'BUCKLE, girth', 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...'
Production date
1901 - 1962
Object name
Material
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4455.tif - High resolution image
