Tape measure
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
steel
Measurements
20 mm (Depth); 47 mm (Length); 47 mm (Diameter)
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 742589.2
Summary
Tape measuring device encased in steel and plastic with winding mechanism with hinged handle ('flexible steel rule'). Kept in its original green box with the instructions and a piece of tissue, which makes it a tight fit.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.