Object number
95/38
Description
A flat, circular girld plate with a handle and hook for hanging. It is stamped with the name of the manufacturer, Kenrick, of West Bromwich. It came from a cottage in East Garston, Berkshire.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: GIRDLE IRON // Accession number: 95/38 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 20.2.95 // Description: A flat, circular girdle iron with a handle and hook for hanging. // Inscription: stamped KENRICK // Dimensions: Diameter: 35.5 cm Height: 26 cm // Associated information: See 95/35 [95/35– 95/43 // These items were owned by Miss Cecil Barker, Yew Tree, Back Street, East Garston, RG16 7EX. She died earlier in 1994 aged 93. // [Donor] was an old friend who, as Miss Barker’s executor, passed the material on to the Museum. // Some of the material will have come originally from another old cottage in the village known as ‘Baggers’.]’
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16482.tif - High resolution image
