Object number
56/58
Description
This grease box came from Tolleshunt Major, in Essex, and was also previously a part of the collection at the City Museum, in Gloucester.
This grease box was used as a grease container in a blacksmith's shop. The handle at the bottom of the box is thought to have been designed to fit into the hole in an anvil. It originally came from Tolleshunt Major, in Essex, and was also previously a part of the collection at the City Museum, in Gloucester.
Physical description
1 grease box: metal
Archival history
MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘Name of Object: // Age…: // Name and address of present owner: // Description of use to which it was put…:’Original source Tolleshunt Major, Maldon, Essex. // O. H. Wild Collection, Sept. 1935. // From Dickenson's Smithy. // It was claimed that the support fitted into the hole of the anvil?'
Production date
1935
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_1584.tif - High resolution image
