Context (CMS Context)
This object is listed in a letter sent by Reverend Edgell to the Museum, now in the archives (OA2/1/2) - it is listed as no.20 [hence the number in pencil underneath the box]: 'In a small pill box: 2. Very small fish hooks (mother o’ pearl) with two eyes painted on the bottom of each. These are very brittle indeed, through they easily hold the dish they are used for. A knob at the end of the long arm of each is [word illegible] to make the line fast to. Great care must be taken in handling them. [All the things in the box are rather rare, being very hard to make.].'
Event Date 29/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: These fish-hooks are not physically marked. They are kept in an old pill box. A label glued on top of the box reads:'Z 31644 a-d / Z 31645 a,b / Fish hooks'. 'Edgell 20' inscribed in pencil underneath the box.
Event Date 29/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card for Z 31644 A-D: '4 mother of pearl fish hooks, one painted to resemble a fish, two with black dots and one plain.'
Event Date 29/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau