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  • Object number
    53/582
  • Description
    This wagon tail stay came from the wheelwright shop of Messrs Wallace and Sons, in Writtle, Essex.
    This wagon tail stay came from the wheelwright shop of Messrs Wallace and Sons, in Writtle, Essex.
  • Physical description
    1 wagon tail stay; metal; good condition
  • Archival history
    Printed Report – 'A note on some nineteenth century waggon fittings obtained from Messers. Wallace and Sons, Wheelwrights, Writtle, Central Essex, and presented to the Museum of English Rural life on 28th September 1953. [explaining strakes, strake nails, floater rail stays and hind bridge stays. Also about types of paint used on them.]'
  • Object name
    Wagon tail stay
  • Material
    Metal
  • Associated subject
    CRAFTS : wood-working
    Wheelwrighting
    INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION : transporting and travelling
  • External document
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_242.tif - High resolution image
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