Object number
99/23
Creator
Description
A hook with a cranked blade for use in harvesting. Stamped 'Staniforth & Co, Sheffield, 2'. From Yarborough in Lincolnshire.
A heavy hook with a cranked blade a turned wooden handle, for use in harvesting. It is stamped 'Staniforth & Co // Sheffield // 2'. It belonged to the donor's grandfather, who came from Yarborough in Lincolnshire.
Archival history
MERL Handwritten Accession Form (Museum of English Rural Life) – ‘Recorder: JMB // Date: 13.9.99 // Description: Heavy hook with cranked blade and turned wooden handle. // Stamped STANIFORTH & CO // SHEFFIELD // 2 // T. S. // Dimensions: Length: 53.0 cm // Associated information: This hook came from Lincolnshire. It belonged to the donor’s grandfather who came from a farming background in Yarborough, Lincs and moved to London in 1905’
Production place
Sheffield
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