Object number
75/17
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Description
Eyelet punch, a shoemaker's tool used for making round lace-holes. Made by L. A. Sayer & Co. of Newark, New Jersey.
An eyelet punch, a shoemaker's tool used for making round lace-holes which are usually fitted with metal eyelet. This punch is made of steel with a point at one end and a flattened top from hammering at the other. It was made by L. A. Sayer & Co. of Newark, New Jersey, and is stamped with the manufacturer's name and '5'. The punch was used by the donor's father, a shoemaker at Dicks, in Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.
Archival history
MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – ‘Punch eyelet // Aberystwyth // 5 la Sayre & C // Steel punch with sharpened end and gap through which pieces of leather pass out. Flattened top for hammering // A. R. Beddows.’
Production place
Newark [New Jersey [state]]
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