Object number
2003/5
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Description
These shears are garden tools, used at Highclere, Hampshire. They have a scissor-action, with tanged steel blades fitted into turned wooden handles. The manufacturer's stamp on one blade reads 'C.T. SKELTON & Co // SHEFFIELD', and a stamp on the other blade reads 'SOLID STEEL // MADE IN ENGLAND'.
Physical description
1 pair of garden shears: solid steel and wood; good condition - some rust where blades meet handles
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'SHEARS // Description // 1 pair of garden shears. // Scissor-actions; tanged steel blades fitted into turned wooden handles; top of each handle strengthened with metal ferrule. // Manufacturer's stamp at base of one blade: 'C.T. SKELTON & Co // SHEFFIELD' // stamp at base of other blade: 'SOLID STEEL // MADE IN ENGLAND' // Dimension // 54cm (total length) // Associated information // Deposited along with long-handled pruners (2003/6), edge trimmers (2003/7), and a hook (2003/8), all of which were used at Highclere, Hampshire, as gardening tools.'
Production place
Sheffield
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