Root cutter
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron, Wood
Measurements
1546 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1334336
Summary
Root cutter - Spade shaped iron blade, with shoulders. Socket with wooden shaft handle. CPW Item 399 (illustrated) - 'Root cutter'. In Account book SNO.MISC.972 Mr Wade refers to a 'Steel Root Cutter' that he purchased from 'Wright. Dai' for 2s. (page 15)
Provenance
CPW Item 399 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.