Object number
66/332
Collection
Description
A 'hobble iron', used to shackle cattle. It came originally from Chardstock in Devon.
A 'hobble iron', used to shackle cattle. It came originally from Chardstock in Devon.
Archival history
MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 5 March 2014 – The Burne-Jones collection of thatching and other tools was put together by the donor while living in Membury, Devon, some time prior to 1966. She had planned to open a private museum. The tools came from the workshop of Mr Spiller, a thatcher from Yarcombe, Devon, and were in regular use until his death in 1962. He had thatched in the area his whole life, and his widow passed on his tools. By 1966 the donor had moved to Oxfordshire and no longer had room for the Collection so donated it to MERL., MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ – 'SHACKLE (Hobble Iron) // 66/332 // LIVESTOCK Cattle // ... // Originally given to Mrs Burne-Jones by Mr W. R. Chubb, Whitehouse, Chardstock, Devon. // [pencil drawing] // All metal – Iron.'
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