Object number
2008/85
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Creator
Description
This is an earthenware mole trap made by Thomas Turner, a potter, in a village near Tingewick, Buckinghamshire.
This is an earthenware mole trap made by Thomas Turner, a potter, in a village near Tingewick, Buckinghamshire.
Archival history
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.
Production place
Buckinghamshire
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