pliers
- Museum number
- 2008,8038.6
- Description
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Pocket-Watch Bow pliers
Steel pliers with a spring between the handles to keep the noses apart.
One nose has an applied brass block cut out with a series of circular grooves increasing in size towards the back. The other has an attached pivotted steel hook device.
The pliers are used for opening and closing the bow on a pocket watch pendant.
- Production date
- 1880-1900
- Dimensions
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Length: 165 millimetres
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Thickness: 22.50 millimetres
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Width: 81.50 millimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Latest: 4 (Apr 2018) inactive rust
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2008,8038.6
