Accession No
1905.54
Description
Bone apple scoop or corer carved from a sheep's tibia. Handle is hollow and ends about half way down with the curved scoop below. Incised decoration of lines and a cross on the handle immediately above the scoop.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Lincolnshire; Bottesford
Period
Post Medieval 19th century ?1859 ?1860
Source
Peacock, Mabel Geraldine Woodruffe (Miss) [donor]; Peacock, Edward [previous owner]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
123mm
Events
Context (Display)
Object previously mounted with metal pins on plain paper-wrapped display board. Original board stored with object.
Event Date
Author: Kirsty Kernohan
Context (Production / use)
Accession register for 1905.54: ''Made in 1859 or 1860 by my father's Groom, Richard Edlington of Bottesford.' Letter - E. Peacock F.S.A.'
Event Date 1859
Author: Kirsty Kernohan
Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 1905.54: 'An apple scoop made of the shank-bone of a sheep.'
Event Date 1905
Author: Kirsty Kernohan
Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Kirsty Kernohan
Description (Physical description)
Bone apple scoop or corer carved from a sheep's tibia. Handle is hollow and ends about half way down with the curved scoop below. Incised decoration of lines and a cross on the handle immediately above the scoop.
Event Date 9/10/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan
FM:320041
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