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Spanner - Box Type, Brass circa 1950
Reg. No: SH 850187
- Summary:
- A box spanner used at a Victorian psychiatric hospital, circa 1950
- Description:
- Box spanner has a short, hardwood, round handle with a broad brass ring at base of handle. Has a metal rod with round fretted guard, with a tube which has hectagonal sides in end of tube.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 19.00 cm (Height), 2.50 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | carpentry, psychiatric hospitals |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Institutional Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | building maintenance |
| Inscriptions: | 7705 - on brass ring. |
| Place & Date Used: | Victoria, Australia, circa 1950 |
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