- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Iron sickle with screw-thread at end. The blade is curved with a pointed tip, the inner edge is the cutting edge. [AB [OPS Move] 7/12/2016]
- Geographical reference
- England
- Cultural groups
- English
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source H.S. Cowper
- PRM source Henry Swainson Cowper
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1850-1900
- Date collected
- By 1899
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1899
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Length: max 177 mm, Width: max 113 mm, Depth: max 18 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1899.21.1
Search terms: Agriculture and Horticulture, Tool, Sickle, Agricultural Tool
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