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  • Object number
    53/590
  • Description
    This mid 19th C. potato digger was used for grubbing up potatoes before it became common to plough them up instead.
    This potato digger was used for grubbing up potatoes before it became common to plough them up instead. It dates from around the mid-nineteenth century.
  • Physical description
    1 potato digger: metal; fair condition - 1 tine broken
  • Production date
    1725-01-01 - 1774-12-31
  • Production period
    Mid-eighteenth century
  • Object name
    Potato digger
  • Material
    Metal
  • Associated subject

    HARVESTING : pulling and lifting
    Potato
  • External document
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_255.tif - High resolution image
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