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96/110
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Description
A large, curved hedging hook with a turned wooden handle and a ferrule fixing. It was made by Elwells. It was used by the donor and his father in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire.
Physical description
1 hook: wood and metal; good condition
Archival history
MERL Handwritten Accession Form (Museum of English Rural Life) – ‘Recorder: JMB // Date: 19.6.97 // Description: Long hook with turned wooden handle and ferrule fixing. Inscription: ELWELL // 4016 ? // Dimensions: Length: 54.5 cm // Width of blade: 3.5 cm // Associated information: This hook was used by Mr Dolby and his father before him in Market Boxworth [sic]. It was brought to the Museum by his son-in-law …’
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