Description (Labels & Markings)
The label is fragmented but " ... = lapstone = the stone on which cobblers beat the leather to harden it. In Wales the name is supposed to be derived from LLab a blow.. because the leather...... it is said to... held on the... used by William ... Anglesea for about...years. Before that it had been used...whom he got it for thirty... it has been worn into a hollow" can be read
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Production / use)
Lap stone (carre Llab) used by cobblers for hardening leather (Llab = a blow)
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Irregular square shaped lapstone. Flat surface with round concave indentations for use as a leather hardening surface and on the underside for placement on the users knee.
Event Date 13/11/2023
Author: Aedan Jones