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  • Object number
    2000/1
  • Description
    This is a garden syringe sprayer, used for spraying plants with insecticides. It originally belonged to the donor's wife's uncle, D. Coxhead, who was a gardener at Marlston House, Marlston Hermitage, owned by one of the Palmer family.
  • Physical description
    1 garden syringe/sprayer: metal; wood; good condition
  • Archival history
    MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) - 'Srapyer/Syringe // Description // Syringe type garden sprayer with heavy ribbed metal body and wooden bulbous handle. The handle is stopped with black tape. The syringe has two different sized nozzles on a screw piece at the end of the body. // Dimensions // Length: 67cm Diameter: 4cm // Associated information // This syringe came originally from the donor's wife's uncle, D. Coxhead, who was a gardener at Marlston House, owned by one of the Palmer family.'
  • Object name
    Sprayer, syringe
  • Material
    Wood, Metal
  • Associated subject
    Insecticides
    DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE : gardening
    CULTIVATING : protection
  • Associated person/institution
    Coxhead, D. (Agent)
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