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Cordwainer's tool kit

Object

Tool-kit

Object number

2010.115

Physical Description

Set of cordwainer's tools and leather shoe parts including a leather show with wooden shoe last, a single wooden shoe last, the upper leather part of a shoe, hammer, awl, leather knife, file, a leather piece, a long strip of leather, a rectangular piece of leather, a leather and wood heel part, a wooden board in the shape of a shoe base, a small piece of coad (wax), and 13 pins. There is also a piece of coiled string which is not accessioned.

Objects accessioned as a set from the 'A Place to do Business' display in 2010. Objects may originally be from Tim Spencer.

Associated Person

Spencer, Tim (Mr)

Material

Wood
Leather
Metal

On display?

Yes