Object number
66/318
Collection
Description
A two-pronged wooden thatching peg taken from a farm near Shute, Devon, in 1965.
Physical description
1 peg: wood; good condition
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 5 March 2014 – The Burne-Jones collection of thatching and other tools was put together by the donor while living in Membury, Devon, some time prior to 1966. She had planned to open a private museum. The tools came from the workshop of Mr Spiller, a thatcher from Yarcombe, Devon, and were in regular use until his death in 1962. He had thatched in the area his whole life, and his widow passed on his tools. By 1966 the donor had moved to Oxfordshire and no longer had room for the Collection so donated it to MERL., MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ – ‘PEG // 66/318 // CRAFTS Straw thatch // ... // Taken from farm near Shute, Axminster, Devon in 1965. // [pencil drawing]’
Production date
1965-01-01
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_8230.tif - High resolution image
