66/331

This is a screw crease, which is an adjustable double crease. The screw is used to adjust the distances between the two crease blades. The user can then make two parallel lines in leather of a specific distance apart. This screw crease originally came from Chardstock, Devon.

1 crease: wood, metal

MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 5 March 2014 – The Burne-Jones collection of thatching and other tools was put together by the donor while living in Membury, Devon, some time prior to 1966. She had planned to open a private museum. The tools came from the workshop of Mr Spiller, a thatcher from Yarcombe, Devon, and were in regular use until his death in 1962. He had thatched in the area his whole life, and his widow passed on his tools. By 1966 the donor had moved to Oxfordshire and no longer had room for the Collection so donated it to MERL., MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ – ‘CREASE (SCREW) // 66/331 // CRAFTS Leather Saddlery // ... // Originally given by Mr W. R. Chubb, Whitehouse, Chardstock, Devon. // [pencil drawing] // Handle – wood with short leather strap. // Metal –'

Metal, Wood