Object number
53/173
Description
This hop cultivator, also known as a 'hop shim' was made c.1913-1923, and was never used. It was made by a wheelwright on the Whiligh Estate, Wadhurst, East Sussex. It is painted blue, and has 9 steel tines.
Physical description
1 cultivatoe (hop shim): wood; metal
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note - 'Wheel and tines fitted by J. bassett of Wadhurst. Made origially by Wm Kemp a wheelwright in the Wheliph Estate, Wadhurst ( Lord Canthope).'
Production place
Whiligh Estate [Wadhurst]
Production date
1913 - 1923
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