Historical information
Cast iron tobacco cutter (McMillan cutter). It is a guillotine style cutter used to cut plugs of tobacco to put into smoking pipes. The cutter is held to a wooden base with screws and has a well-worn wooden striker plate. (Originally painted black).
Physical description
Metal tobacco cutter mounted on timber plinth by 4 screws.Metal previously been painted black. (1900s)
Inscriptions & markings
Mc Millan etched in black ink onto the timber table area.