MEREM:1997.27

Brief description: iron watch key, rusted Classifications: trade / locksmith / trade / watchmaker Identifications: key Measurements: height Material: iron /
MEREM:1997.26

Brief description: iron door key, slight rust Classifications: trade / locksmith / domestic / fitting Identifications: key Measurements: width 5cm Material: iron
MEREM:1997.25

Brief description: one brass stirrup and leather strap, stiff and cracked Classifications: trade / harness maker / agriculture / horse Identifications: stirrup / Measurements: height 14cm Material: leather / copper alloy / brass
MEREM:1997.24
Brief description: tin ‘Chemico’ grinding paste, made by County Chemical Co, Birmingham, used by R J Doddington, former plumber of Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: paste / grinding paste Place: Birmingham West Midlands Measurements: height 7cm Material: metal / tin
MEREM:1997.23
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] Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: pipe widening top Measurements: height 10cm Material: wood
MEREM:1997.22
Brief description: pair of knee pads [leather, with leather straps] used by former plumber, R J Doddington of Mere, Wilthire Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: knee pads Measurements: diameter 18cm Material: leather
MEREM:1997.21
Brief description: wooden, lead beaters ‘Shaping Shoe’, flat surface, curving up to handle, slight crack, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: shaping shoe Material: wood
MEREM:1997.20
Brief description: lump of lead, [broken 1/2 sphere], found with plumber’s tools formerly belonging to R J Doddington, Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: lead Measurements: diameter 11cm Material: metal / lead
MEREM:1997.19
Brief description: iron ladle for molton lead, [small size] used by R J Doddington, former plumber of Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: ladle Measurements: width 8cm Material: iron
MEREM:1997.18
Brief description: iron ladle for molton lead, [large size] used by R J Doddington, former plumber of Mere, Wiltshire Classifications: trade / plumber Identifications: ladle Measurements: width 11.5cm Material: iron