Object number
60/204
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Description
Double-headed spanner marked 'DARRACQ'. Darracq was a French motor vehicle maker founded in 1896. From Begbroke Farm, Oxfordshire.
This is a double-headed spanner, with an additional full nut-hole in the handle. It is marked 'DARRACQ' on the side of the handle. Darracq was a motor vehicle manufacturing company founded in France in 1896 and established in the UK in 1905 - this spanner was thus probably for a vehicle. The spanner originally came from Begbroke Farm in Begbroke, Oxfordshire.
Physical description
1 spanner: metal
Archival history
The Accession Files and MERL 'Associated information' forms for objects 60/180-60/206 give no information about the objects other than that they came from Begbroke Farm in Begbroke, Oxfordshire, and were transferred to MERL by the Department of Agriculture at the University of Oxford.
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5667.tif - High resolution image
