Police rattle
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1818
Materials
Beech
Measurements
223 x 258 x 28 mm
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549196
Summary
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 police rattle C £2 1/2 Pinto p236 pl1245 late Reg or early Vic... (label) 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 police rattle C £2 1/2 Pinto p236 pl245 prob late Reg or early Vic... (label)