Object number
76/248
Description
This is a hamper needle, with a metal point with a hole for threading and a turned wooden handle. The needle was used to close hampers of seeds by Sutton & Sons Ltd. seed merchants up until 1976.
Archival history
MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – ‘Needle hamper// metal //Handle: wood turned, Ferrule: metal, Main part: metal, hole for theading // User: Sutton and Sons Ltd. Seed Merchants upto 1976, Use: for closing hampers of seeads // Mr V. J. Walton, Carnarvon Road Reading.’
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_13672.tif - High resolution image
