Object number
92/25
Collection
Description
A spud head with a socket for the handle. A spud is a weeding tool, used for grubbing up deep-seated weeds. Part of the Rumble Collection.
A small spud head with a socket for the handle. A spud is a weeding tool, used for grubbing up deep-seated weeds. This spud is part of the Rumble Collection.
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: 10.8.92 // Description: Small spud head with socket for handle. // No inscription // Dimensions: Length: 19.5 cm Width: 5.0 cm // Associated information: One of a collection of tools given by Mr Rumble. Mostly collected or purchased by him or his father. // References:’
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