Object number
68/316
Description
Rhubarb bruiser used with an anvil to soften the fruit before making rhubarb wine. Found at Northcott Mouth.
This is a rhubarb bruiser, used with an anvil to soften the fruit before making rhubarb wine. It is made of beech wood, with a long handle and round head with a cluster of Belgian studs. The bruiser was found by Anthony Blarchford at Northcott Mouth. It was featured in Countryman magazine as a query, spring 1967, and was later identified as a rhubarb bruiser by George Swinford-Filkins.
Physical description
1 Rhubarb bruiser: wood (beech); good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘Bruiser, Rhubarb // Domestic preparing drink // A. H. BASS, Stratton, Cornwall // Found by Anthony Blarchford at Northcott Mouth. Beech, Belgian studs. Published as query in Countryman Spring. 1967, and identified by Geo. Swinford- Filkins as Rhubard Bruiser- used with wooden anvil priot to making rhubarb wine [pencil drawing]’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_12464.tif - High resolution image
