Clamp, saddlery

The saddler's clamp, also known as a ‘clam’, is held between the knees and is used by the saddler when sewing leather to hold the piece of leather in place. This example is made of two flexible slats of curved beech wood. The clamp is part of a large collection of traditional craft products which were made circa 1945–6 and acquired from the British Council in 1960. It originally came from High W…