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Thomas Ibbotson & Co. (Manufacturer)

Butcher's meat cleaver with a wide, rectangular blade with a hole in the end. Made by Thomas Ibbotson & Co, Sheffield, Rumble Collection.
A butcher's meat cleaver with a wide, rectangular blade with a circular hole in the end, and a split wooden handle. It was manufactured by Thomas Ibbotson & Co of Sheffield, and is part of the Rumble Collection.

1 cleaver: metal, wood

MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 25 October 2013 – The objects 92/2–92/68 are part of the Rumble Collection, and were donated to the Museum by Mr Rumble in July 1991. The objects were collected or purchased by Mr Rumble or his father, and most of them came from either Camberley, in Surrey, or Somerset, where Mr Rumble had previously lived. He kept his collection in the shed at the bottom of his garden in Woodley, Berkshire., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 7.8.92 // Description: Metal blade with hole in end. Wooden handle which is split. // Inscription: THOS. IBBOTSON & CO // SHEFFIELD // 2 // Dimensions: Length: 37.0 cm // Associated information: One of a collection of tools given by Mr Rumble. Mostly collected or purchased by him or his father. // References:’

Sheffield

Metal, Wood