University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
51/880
Collection
Lavinia Smith Collection
Description
This is a three-pronged dung fork, used for spreading manure, with a roughly shaped long wooden handle. Nothing is known of its origin.
Physical description
1 dung fork: metal; wood; good condition
Archival history
No Lavinia Smith No. recorded.
Object name
Fork, dung
Material
Wood, Metal
Associated subject
Berkshire
CULTIVATING : fertilising
Manure
Associated person/institution
Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_682.tif - High resolution image