Pricking iron for seven stitches to the inch. Part of a set of saddler's tools. [SM (Verve) 31/03/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pricking iron for seven stitches to the inch. Part of a set of saddler's tools. [SM (Verve) 31/03/2014]
Long description: Pricking iron for seven stitches to the inch. Part of a set of saddler's tools. The tool has a square head and a wide comb-shaped tip with 12 teeth. It is stamped "7" and "DIXON" [SM (Verve) 31/03/2014]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Kent Teynham and Boughton near Faversham
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1940
Date collected: By 1940
Acquisition information: Donated: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Stamped, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Width: max 43 mm, Length: max 101 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.1894 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1835
Research and responses: He is listed in the 1901 census as William I. Lodder, aged 29 born in Margate Kent, living in Boughton Blean, Kent and described as a ‘manager harness maker’ [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 13/02/2007]

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