Wire cutter
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
1914 (circa)
Materials
Metal, Processed material
Measurements
195 mm (Length)32 mm (W)
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 887420
Summary
Pair of 'Footprint' plated wire cutters with insulated black ribbed handles. Inside case LAN.L.228. Part of the contents of Captain The Hon. Thomas (Tommy) Agar-Robartes's dressing case (LAN.L.131) which was sent back from France after his death in 1915.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953. Object found in Captain the Hon. Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes' dressing case sent back from France after his death in 1915.
Marks and inscriptions
on handle of cutters stamped into metal imprint of bare foot with 'FOOT' printed underneath.