Name/TitleFiddle seed
About this objectThis is a working specimen with a bag and fiddle bow. It is a patent hand sower, with the maker's name and address stamped on the back.
It is made of wood, painted red, with leather straps, a linen bag, an iron wheel and fittings. The leather strap was suspended round the neck and as the bow was moved backwards and forwards the wheel rotated to allow the passage of the seed out of the bag onto the ground (broadcast sowing).
MakerG. Lankester & Co.
Place Made44 Sumner Street, London S.E.
Medium and Materialswood, leather, linen and iron
Inscription and MarksStamped on the back: G. Lankester & Co. 44 Sumner Street, London S.E.
MeasurementsFrame: 1 foot 3 1/2 inches x 7 inches (at the back) to 6 1/4 inches (above the wheel)
Length of bow: 3 feet 4 1/2 inches
Diameter of wheel: 6 1/4 inches ( 6 dividing bars projecting 1 3/4 inches beyond the rim of the wheel.
Object Typefiddle
Object numberSTMEA:B.56
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
