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  • Object number
    69/88
  • Description
    A whetstone used to grind and hone the edges of tools and implements. This stone came from Penselwood, Somerset.
    This is a whetstones, which is used to grind and hone the edges of tools and implements. This stone came from Penselwood, Somerset.
  • Physical description
    whetstone: stone
  • Archival history
    MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘Whetstones // processing grain // Mrs M. Harfield, Castle Cary, Somerset // from Pensel wood Somerset [pencil drawing].’
  • Object name
    Whetstone
  • Material
    Stone
  • Technique
    Ground
  • Associated subject
    PROCESSING
    Grain
    Tool sharpening
  • External document
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_10125.tif - High resolution image
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