Object number
68/317/1-5
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Description
This is a caponiser with various instruments used for castrating cockerels. The kit includes a knife, spreader, extracter, box and instructions. Made by Spratts Patent Limited, Fenchurch Street, City of London.
Physical description
1 set of caponising instruments: good condition
Label Text
Caponiser. The box includes: a knife, spreader, extractor, box, and instructions and is used for castrating cocks (male chickens). It was produced by Spratts Patent Ltd. Spratts was founded by James Spratt c. 1860. Originally an electrician from Cincinnati, Ohio, Spratt was the first person to manufacture dog biscuits on an industrial scale, establishing his headquarters in Holborn, London. Spratt also pioneered the concept of animal life stages, with appropriate foods for each stage, a concept widely in use to this day. Spratts was also the first company to erect a billboard in London.
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘CAPONISER // LIVESTOCK Veterinary // Knife, spreader, extractor, box, instruction. London [pencil drawing]’
Production place
Fenchurch Street [City of London]
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_12050.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_15731.tif - High resolution image
