University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
68/264
Description
This is a muzzle, made of green willow and was used to prevent a calf from suckling its mother when they were turned out to grass together. From County Clare, Munster.
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘CALF MUZZLE // LIVESTOCK Cattle // J Rhodes Esq, Reading // From Co. Clare. Green willow [pencil drawing].’
Object name
Muzzle, calf
Associated subject
LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : harnessing and shoeing
Cattle
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_13423.tif - High resolution image