Accession No
TEMP.03096
Description
Privates T-shaped combination tool for an 1853 pattern Enfield Rifle-musket. Iron tool consisting of a oil reservoir with screw lid at top and square wrench socket at bottom; crossbar has a screwdriver blade on one side and a threaded punch on the other. Pricker and worm or wiper missing.
Place
Europe; Northern Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Kingston
Period
Post Medieval
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.03096
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
92mm x 98mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered around punch: 'Kingston, C. 1906'
Event Date 1906
Author: Katrina Dring
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: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
Two post medieval iron keys from Kingston are listed in the Annual Report and Accession Register for 1906 (1906.23 and 24), but the tool does not appear to have been accessioned. It has therefore been assigned a temp number.
Event Date 11/10/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Privates T-shaped combination tool for an 1853 pattern Enfield Rifle-musket. Iron tool consisting of an oil reservoir with screw lid at top and square wrench socket at bottom; crossbar has a screwdriver blade on one side and a threaded punch on the other. Pricker and worm or wiper missing.
Event Date 11/10/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:320115
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