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Wolseley-Lister mechanical shearing handpiece used at 'Rocky Plains' via Berridale

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CC BY-SA 4.0
Type
Shearing equipment
Date
1910
Place
Dursley, Gloucestershire, England; Birmingham, West Midlands, England; Berridale, New South Wales, Australia
Materials
Leather, Steel
Collection
Tony Preston collection no. 4
Accession number
1986.0057.0001

Description

A shearing hand piece with two main steel components and a comb and cutter attached. A connecting piece of the shears is inscribed 'LISTER' while the hand piece itself is inscribed 'WOLSELEY' on one side and 'WOLSELEY No3 HARDENED 57427' on the other. The grip is covered with leather and laced with leather thong.

Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:20:29 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-07-28. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.