Object number
61/240
Description
An alarm gun used for disturbing poachers and alerting keepers to their presence. From a shoeing smith in Kingscelere, Hampshire.
This is an alarm gun. Alarm guns were used for disturbing poachers and alerting keepers to their presence. It previously belonged to a shoeing smith in Kingscelere, Hampshire until the late 1950s. It is made of brass an iron, and is inscribed on one side 'INVENTO' and 'C. OSBORNE' on the other.
Physical description
1 alarm gun: metal (iron, brass); good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'ALARM GUN // Found in the stock of Mr Garret, a shoeing smith at Kingsclere who died in 1958 or 9. // [pencil sketch] // INVENTO // other side C. OSBORNE // Brass // Iron'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4414.tif - High resolution image
