Object number
69/202
Description
A wooden spade with a broad blade and T shaped handle, for digging out dykes and ditches. The blade in edged with a metal strip which is held in place with 4 copper rivets. The top of the blade is capped with leather. It is held place with a row of small rivets. There id also a thick twig under the leather and held in place with string tied to the handle This was one of a group of objects transferred to the Museum via Michael Hardy of the Dept Zoology. They came originally from Calthorpe Broad, Ingham, Stalham, Norwich.
Physical description
1 spade: wood; metal; leather; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'SPADE // Drainage digging manual // Gift Mrs R. Gurney, Oxford // Description: A wooden spade with a broad blade and T shaped handle. The blade in edged with a metal strip which is held in place with 4 copper rivets. The top of the blade is capped with leather. It is held place with a row of small rivets. There id also a thick twig under the leather and held in place with string tied to the handle// Associated information: This was one of a group transferred to the Museum via Michael Hardy of the Dept Zoology. They came originally from Calthorpe Broad, Ingham, Stalham, Norwich.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_11612.tif - High resolution image
