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Cobbler's Last


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      Creator(s):
Wagner, Phillip

Date: 1900 -

Description: A wooden post with a cast iron last fixed to the top. This was hand forged by Phillip Wagner and was used in the Howard family from 1907 to mend all shoes. The post was held between the knees and the shoe placed over the cast iron last giving the repairer easy access to the shoe.

Format: realia
Object: shoehorns
Material: wood (material);  iron

Titles:
Cobbler's Last

Subjects: boots

People/Orgs: Wagner, PhillipHoward, Martha

Places: Woodsdale, Tasmania

Institution: Levendale and Woodsdale History Rooms Inc.

Object number: LHR_PH0038

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