Functional object - Household nails, Early 20th century

Historical information

These nails have no provenance but may have been used to hang pictures or as studs for farm buildings etc.

Significance

Limited significance but typical of nails previously in regular use.

Physical description

These are 13 large iron nails. Two of them are shorter than the others and have a top with a brass edging and a white oval shaped inset of porcelain or enamel material. Eleven of them have an iron top.

Inscriptions & markings

‘Coop’s Latest’

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