Shears
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SHEEP/MANUAL
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0255.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- MATCHLESS
- LOCATION
- Sheffield, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.0 cm
- Width
- 7.8 cm
- Height
- 3.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Animal husbandry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Sheffield
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THESE SHEARS USED C.1920-1968
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CUT FLEECE OR WOOL FROM SHEEP - Technical
-
Example of once-common sheep shears. Artefact possibly manufactured by Alfred Beckett and Sons Ltd of Sheffield, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Works - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'CAST STEEL/ [----]ETT/ & SONS/ SHEFFIELD INCISED ON ONE SIDE OF BLADE; 'CAST STEEL' & 'MATCHLESS/ [ARROW LOGO]/ F&W' STAMPED INTO OPPOSITE SIDE/ 3 VERTICAL LINES STAMPED INTO ONE SIDE
- Missing
- NONE From CA of 07/22/1997 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Shears, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1993.0255, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1993.0255.001/
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