2008/14

3-hole 'Irish',

A 3-hole 'Irish' mouse trap, from the 17th C. to early 19th C.. It is a choker trap which kills the mouse by strangling it.
This is a 3-hole 'Irish' mouse trap which probably dates from the seventeenth to early-nineteenth century. It is a choker trap which kills the mouse by strangling it. It is a multi-catch trap, with three holes for three mice.

Mouse trap: wood, metal

Not illustrated in 'British Mouse Traps and their Makers' by David Drummond, 2008, but very similar to Figure 2e, p.11, which is listed under 'Some 17th to early 19th century Mouse Traps'., The 83 mouse traps and 2 mole traps in this collection were acquired by David Drummond during the course of his research into the history of mouse traps. David Drummond is a zoologist who spent much of his professional life in advice and research on the control of rodents. Since retiring as the Ministry of Agriculture’s Chief Scientific Officer in charge of the Central Science Laboratories concerned with Plant Pests and Diseases in 1988, he has published many articles and books about mouse traps, their inventors and manufacturers, including ‘British Mouse Traps and their Makers’ (Mouse Trap Books, Dorking 2008). For further information, see http://www.mousetrapbooks.com.

1600 - 1824

Wood, Metal