Object number
63/86
Description
Collar mallet from Bristol. Collar mallets are heavy, often made of lignum vitae wood, and have round, flat heads.
This collar mallet originally came from Bristol. Collar mallets are heavy, often made of lignum vitae wood, and have round, flat heads for shaping the stuffed bodies of horse collars.
Physical description
1 mallet: wood
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'Used for shaping collars. // [insert] Origin Tool (e) Bristol. [end insert]'
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