- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Rushlight dipped in tallow. [FB 13/6/2017]
- Geographical reference
- England East Sussex Lewes Barcombe Mills
- Cultural groups
- English
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector S.G. Hewlett
- Field collector Sydney Gerald Hewlett
- PRM source Henry Balfour
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1905
- Date collected
- By 1905
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1932
- Materials and processes
- Material Rush Fibre Plant, Process Peeled
- Dimensions
- Length: max 218 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1932.88.8.2
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