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Kent's patent rotary disc hand-operated knife sharpening and cleaning machine, size 7 no. 8926, overall design based on patents 10225 and 13920 in 1852 by George Kent, most recent patents in 1895, 1902 and 1903 made by Kent of Holborn, London, and supplied by Halstead and Kestell of Royston, 1903-1905
Details
- Category:
- Domestic Appliances
- Object Number:
- 1964-288
- Materials:
- support, iron (cast), painted black, machine body, wood, probably oak, interior, leather, cleaning strips, interior, rubber, cleaning strips and knife slots, crest, brass
- Measurements:
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overall: 575 mm x 590 mm x 480 mm,
- type:
- whetstones, cleaners and machines
- credit:
- Salaman, R.A.
