Shoemaker's tools - a selection of stabbing prickers

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

A selection of stabbing prickers

A selection of stabbing prickers

Name/Title

Shoemaker's tools - a selection of stabbing prickers

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.816

Description

A group of five stabbing prickers - metal hand-tool with 3 and four points.

Context

The 'prickers' appear to be a set numbered 13, 14, 15, 16. Numbers 13, 14, and 16 are made by R. S A Butler and number 14 by Dixon and Sons.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Saddlers, Shoemakers, Cobblers

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Length

95 mm

Weight

27 g

Dimension Notes

Dimensions are based on an average of the 5 tools

Material

Metal

Location

* Untyped Location

C8S3

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

The Shoe Museum, Northampton, UK