Brief description: lump of lead, [broken 1/2 sphere], found with plumber’s tools formerly belonging to R J Doddington, Mere, Wiltshire
Associated person: Boddington, Reginald J
diameter: 11cm
width: 3cm
Classifications:
trade | plumber |
Material: metal lead
Condition: large chip missing from 1/2 sphere
Brief description: wooden, lead beaters ‘Shaping Shoe’, flat surface, curving up to handle, slight crack, Mere, Wiltshire
Classifications:
trade | plumber |
Material: wood
Condition: slight crack
Brief description: pair of knee pads [leather, with leather straps] used by former plumber, R J Doddington of Mere, Wilthire
Associated person: Doddington, Reginald J
Classifications:
trade | plumber |
Material: leather
Condition: leather dry and cracked
Brief description: hard wooden pipe widening top, [wooden wedge shaped like a top, used with a mallet to increase the diameter of the end of a lead pipe]
Associated person: Doddington, Reginald J
height: 10cm
width: 6cm
Classifications:
trade | plumber |
Material: wood
Condition: cracked wood
Brief description: tin ‘Chemico’ grinding paste, made by County Chemical Co, Birmingham, used by R J Doddington, former plumber of Mere, Wiltshire
Associated person: Doddington, Reginald J
height: 7cm
width: 4.5cm
Classifications:
trade | plumber |
Material: metal tin
Condition: slight rust
Brief description: one brass stirrup and leather strap, stiff and cracked
height: 14cm
width: 11cm
Classifications:
trade | harness maker | agriculture | horse |
Material: leather copper alloy brass
Condition: cracked
Brief description: iron door key, slight rust
width: 5cm
length: 14cm
Classifications:
trade | locksmith | domestic | fitting |
Material: iron
Condition: rusted
Brief description: iron watch key, rusted
width: 1.5cm
Classifications:
trade | locksmith | trade | watchmaker |
Material: iron
Condition: rusted
Brief description: garden hoe, rusted
width: 18cm
Classifications:
domestic | garden |
Material: iron
Condition: rusted
Brief description: photograph, [sepia] broken stone, column mounted on four steps, situated in Churchyard of St Michael’s Church, Mere, probably an old cross, discovered in fragments on Mere Down, used as boundary markers by T H Baker in 19th century, column now situated opposite North Porch of Church, and memorial cross [to Miss Julia Chafyn Grove] has been placed on steps, reverse of photo stamped R Wilkinson and Co, Photographic Publishers, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Place: Mere
County: Wiltshire
height: 22cm
width: 15cm
Classifications:
society | religion |
Material:
Condition: faded