Saturday 4 February 2017

Coffin Museum - Post 3

They didn't make coffins here, just the 'furniture', linings and shrouds which were sold directly to the undertakers.
This is the stamp room and in the foreground you can see one of the 'drop stamps'

Drop stamps

The heavy weights are raised by leather belts around this drive shaft - and them dropped

Some of the stamped out items

Smaller hand operated stamp

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