Shoemaker's tool - Pricking wheel

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Shoemaker's tool - double pricking wheel

Shoemaker's tool - double pricking wheel

Name/Title

Shoemaker's tool - Pricking wheel

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.824

Description

Wooden handle with two rowels (revolving discs with sharp marginal points at the end of a spur).

Context

The makers mark on the shank reads Weldons Ld. This maybe a pricking wheel but a two rowels is unusual.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Saddlers, Shoemakers, Cobblers

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Width

20 mm

Length

150 mm

Circumference

90 mm

Weight

52 g

Dimension Notes

Width refers to the wheel; circumference refers to the handle

Material

Brass, Copper, Metal, Wood - Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Location

* Untyped Location

C8S3

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

General Notes

Note

Thanks to Dr Adam Bowett, furniture historian, for wood identification