Engraving Tool.

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Description:Engraver's tool.

This flat irregularly shaped piece of lead was used to clean the engraver's tools. It is roughly 1.5cm in length.

Part of a set of tools once belonging to local engraver, Mr Harry S Millward of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.

Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Tools Collection.

This object is now part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.

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Creators: Potteries Museum and Art Gallery - Creator

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Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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