Object number
89/31
Description
These garden shears have a fixed plate with 5 points to which one wooden handle is attached. The second wooden handle is attached to a moveable bar which carries 4 sharp blades. These can be removed for sharpening. The metal plate carrying the maker's name is broken and therefore not easy to decipher. They also have an inscription; 'THE ASTON GARDEN SHEARS// MANUFACTURED BY// THE FLEXA[LINC] MOWER CO. LTD// WOKING[HAM] ENGLAND'. These shears are probably for hedge cutting. They were transfered from the Archaeology Department.
Physical description
1 set of shears: metal; wooden handles; four blades
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note –Georgia Charitou-13 October 2014- The manufacturing company may be 'The Flexalinc Mower Co. LTD' but the inscription is not clear.
Production place
Wokingham
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_15498.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_15695.tif - High resolution image
