Below is a selection of farm tools on display, but the museum covers all manner of things, in the way local museums do. We featured it here on the blog before.
Plough in the courtyard.
I was really tempted to post this as a mystery object,
but no one would ever have got it. Who knew
there was a specialist tool for chopping beetroots?
but no one would ever have got it. Who knew
there was a specialist tool for chopping beetroots?
A flail, used for beating the wheat grains from their ears.
Vine billhooks which were owned by the father of 'Father Berry'and made in 1850 by D... in le Grand Pressigny.
Susan
4 comments:
As a former salesman of hand and gardening tools, I'm pretty sure my friend C. would have guessed the use of the mystery tool, and he would certainly enjoy visiting the museum. Have a nice weekend! Martine
It's a fascinating place - we got the guided tour with the Amis du Musée du Grand Pressigny. Well worth a potter round!
That plow is a beautful sculptural object. Thanks for the museum tour.
Martine: I bet C would have been able to tell us exactly how some of these tools should be used - I'm reliant on reading the labels for lots of it.
PG: it's a great little museum, I agree, and sadly undervisited.
Emm: You're welcome. I love the lustrous black of the plough.
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