Object number
2001/11/1-2
Description
A pair of horse clippers, with a separate leather pouch. Inscribed: "RMAN & SONS LTD. / THE KENILWORTH' and 'Cuts over Three Teeth'.
This is a pair of horse clippers, with a separate leather pouch which protects the blades. The clippers have a scissor-action motion - the top set of blades moves backwards and forwards across the bottom set, with a 'cuts over three teeth' movement (each top blade moves across 3 lower teeth). The clippers are isncribed: "RMAN & SONS LTD. / THE KENILWORTH' and 'Cuts over Three Teeth'. They belonged to a man who used to deliver green groceries in a horse and cart.
Physical description
clippers in pouch: metal, wood, leather
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Clippers (with pouch) // Description // One pair of horse clippers. Scissor-action moves top set of blades backwards and forwards across bottom set, with a 'cuts over three teeth' movement (that is, each top blade moves across 3 lower teeth). Turner wooden handles with brass ferrules. // Inscribed: '...RMAN & SONS LTD. // THE KENILWORTH' and 'Cuts over Three Teeth' // separate leather pouch with buckle protects blades (strap broken) // Dimensions // 28 x 8.5cm (total length x width across of blades) // Associated information / From the house of Mr. B. Fennell (formerly... Mount Pleasant...) ... // His father used to delivery green groceries in a horse and cart. The front of the house was a shop and the back had a yard for the horse and chickens.'
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