University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
51/695
Collection
Lavinia Smith Collection
Description
A small pitchfork head with two tines and no handle. Its origins are unknown but it was probably used for pitching straw.
This is a small pitchfork head with two tines and no handle. Its origins are unknown but it was probably used for pitching straw.
Physical description
1 pitchfork: metal; good condition
Archival history
No Lavinia Smith No. recorded.
Object name
Pitchfork
Material
Metal
Associated subject
Berkshire
HARVESTING
Straw
Associated person/institution
Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)