Object number
92/17/1-2
Collection
Description
Two small hand grips for a scythe. They are made of wood with a metal ring and grip fixing.
Two small hand grips for a scythe. They are made of wood with a metal ring and grip fixing.
Physical description
2 scythe handle grips: wood, metal
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 25 October 2013 – The objects 92/2–92/68 are part of the Rumble Collection, and were donated to the Museum by Mr Rumble in July 1991. The objects were collected or purchased by Mr Rumble or his father, and most of them came from either Camberley, in Surrey, or Somerset, where Mr Rumble had previously lived. He kept his collection in the shed at the bottom of his garden in Woodley, Berkshire., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 7.8.92 // Description: Two small hand grips for a scythe. Wood with metal ring and grip fixing. // Dimensions: Length: 15.0 cm // Associated information: Probably acquired with the blade for a scythe (92/16) in 1954. Part of a collection of edge tools given by Mr Rumble. // References:’
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