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1960.34.2.6

ID Number: 1960.34.2.6
Category: T&E For Materials
Sub-category: woodworking T&E
Item Type: hoop
Item Name: driver
Materials: WOOD, UNKNOWN
Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in
Description: Coopers' Short round shank ends at sloping shoulders; flat surfaces dished out slightly, and bevelled along lower edge; contact surface slightly concave transversely; iron ferrule around top of shank
History: "Luke Saunders was the last cooper to use this equipment (up to the fall of 1938). It was used to make barrels in which Point Pelee apples were shipped to Britain. The freighter on which they had been shipped was sunk by the Germans at the beginning of World War II."
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
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