three legged wooden stool

Domestic and Personal Objects

Extent
900

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three legged wooden stool
Wooden stool with seat engraved with ivy leaves. MERL 55/11

The Museum of English Rural Life holds a range of objects and artworks relating to the domestic and personal life of rural people. The items in the collection are for cleaning, cooking, food preparation, furnishing, gardening, heating, lighting, sanitation, shopping, serving, eating and drinking. 

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The objects are catalogued on the online database. Search using the word ‘domestic’[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Connected Objects

Detail of walking stick (MERL 55/6)
Published Date
May 5, 2017

Shepherds Walking Stick

Carved and inscribed walking stick from the collections at the Museum of English Rural Life that took years to make.

Plaster cast hands (MERL 75/16)
Published Date
May 5, 2017

PLASTER CAST HANDS

Joseph Arch was the first MP from a labouring background, and was President of the first successful agricultural Union.

A hand-written object label for a sheep bell from Devon

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We are regularly updating the collections that we publish on our website but if you are after something specific that you can’t find online, then drop by for a visit or feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help you.

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