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Shoe horn
Sheet brass shoe-horn. Made by John Lewis, who was born at Morriston in 1832, and married Hannah Jones at Llangynwyd Church, Maesteg in 1854. He died in 1890. He was a foundry moulder from Morriston, and worked in a Swansea copper works and made this object for his family home. Family tradition relates that his daughter Mary Ann (born 1868) when ages nine held a candle during winter evenings for her father as he worked on some of these items.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2011.62/5
Acquisition
Donation, 1/12/2011
The collection was donated by the great-grandson of John Lewis.
Measurements
Length
(mm): 240
Width
(mm): 56
Height
(mm): 25
Weight
(g): 150
Material
brass
Location
In store
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