Serving mallet, Ref 1992.2.1
Contributed by Museum of Knots & Sailor's Ropework
Serving mallet from France
450mm overall, wood, Serving is the tight wrapping of tarred twine round a larger rope to protected it , this is what the two people in the museums logo are doing. This mallet was made by Yves Blanchard just outside Nantes. France and is marked A774 the likely port [Auray] registration number of the vessel that this tool would have been used on.
Additional Notes
Exhibition: Sailor's Ropework
Tools of the sailmaker , rigger & sailor
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