Object number
52/337
Description
A grid barley awner from Wadebridge, Cornwall. Cornish awners tend to have handles sloping towards the user.
This grid barley awner comes from Wadebridge, Cornwall. It has a roughly rectangular frame and three blades. Cornish awners tend to have handles sloping towards the user, at an angle of about 60 degrees, rather than having a vertical handle fitted to the blade.
Physical description
1 Barley awner, grid: metal (iron)
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note - 'See also 53/585'.
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