Police rattle
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1818
Materials
Beech
Measurements
222 x 259 x 39 mm
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549195
Summary
Stained beech police rattle. Turned handle with two star shaped cogs, hitting two wooden flaps in a mount with rounded end. Turned knob at end of mount. Inscribed - bird scarer or police rattle 30/- Pinto p236 pl1245 prob late Reg (label and 2 notes) 1818 (circa)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
bird scarer or police rattle 30/- Pinto p236 pl245 prob late Reg, (label and 2 notes)