Object number
79/40
Description
Steel pitch fork with prongs, Stamped 'Brades made in England', indicating it was made by William Hunt & Sons, Brades Steel Works near Birmingham.
This is a steel pitch fork with prongs, 13" long with ash handle 5'6". It is stamped with 'Brades made in England', indicating it was manufactured by William Hunt & Sons, Brades Steel Works near Birmingham.
Physical description
1 pitchfork: steel, wood (ash)
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Pitchfork // Description: Steel pitchfork with prongs, 13" long with ash handle 5'6". Stamped with 'Brades made in England' // Associated information: Indentified as a hay fork manufactured by William Hunt & Sons, The Brades Ld., Brades Steel Works near Birmingham. In their catalogue 1916 it is numbered, 830, and described as a 'strapped hayfork'. This type had 12 variations according to size, handles from 407 feet. and prongs from 9-16" long. All 12 sizes could be purchased with bright prongs or half bright. A strapped hay fork with three prongs is also advertised, and four types with ferrule. This same pitchfork is also advertised in a 1933 catalogue'
Production place
Birmingham
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