Agricultural tool, a "dibbling-iron", one of a pair. [JC [OPS Move] 17/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Agricultural tool, a "dibbling-iron", one of a pair. [JC [OPS Move] 17/1/2017]
Long description: Agricultural tool, a "dibbling-iron", one of a pair. The object has a long, narrow iron shaft which terminates in a heavy fusiform expansion, pointed at the tip. At the opposite end is an open stirrup-shaped iron handle, with the straight top edge inside a turned wooden roller. [JC [OPS Move] 17/1/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Essex
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source James Edge Partington
Date / Period: Date made: 1800-1899
Date collected: By 1909
Acquisition information: Donated: 1909
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Cast, Process Turned
Dimensions: Width: max 131 mm, Depth: max 43 mm, Length: max 872 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.52.1.1
Research and responses: This is presumably meant to be a dibbler, OED online "An instrument for dibbling; a dibble; especially, an implement having a series of dibbles or teeth for making a number of holes at once." [AP 05/12/2007]