Object number
93/16
Description
A pair of 'reversible' metal nutcrackers, designed to crack both large and small nuts. They were used at the home of the Lawrence family in Reading.
Physical description
1 nutcracker: metal; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten accession form’ (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Standard museum name: NUTCRACKER // Accession number: 93/16 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 11.8.93 // Description: small metal nutcrackers which are reversible to crack small and larger nuts. The cracking faces have toothed surfaces. // Dimensions: Length: 13.5 cm // Associated information: Used at the house of the Lawrence family see 93/5 [The Lawrence Family lived at Avebury Square, Reading, until the death of Dorothy Lawrence in the mid-1970s.]’
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