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  • Object number
    52/309
  • Description
    This block of wood was used as a lead beater, for beating lead into shape.
    This block of wood was used as a lead beater, for beating lead into shape.
  • Physical description
    1 lead beater: wood
  • Archival history
    MERL miscellaneous note - 'wood, like a pattern, only blocks. // Used for bashing lead - according to Mr Parker of Tickenhill Manor Folk Museum... // The Coopers shop at Simonds, Reading, state that this object is definitely not a chime maul.'
  • Object name
    Beater, lead
  • Material
    Wood
  • Associated subject
    CRAFTS : metal-working
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