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Sugar cutters from Broughton-in-Furness, Lancashire. Sugar was only available in large cones and the cutters were used for cutting off pieces.
The Museum holds little information on these sugar cutters, which were donated from Broughton-in-Furness, Lancashire. Both the catch which held the jaws together and the spike to protect the user's knuckles are still intact. Until the introduction of cube sugar in the second half of the nineteenth century, sugar was only available in large lumps or cones and the cutters were used for cutting off smaller pieces.

1 pair of sugar cutters: metal; good condition

National Agricultural Advisory Service (Agent)