51/1157

A shepherd uses his crook to catch sheep by the hind leg, or by the neck in the case of lambs. This crook has a wrought iron head and is of the type from Kingston, West Sussex, one of the three important centres for crook-making. The handle of this crook is missing.

1 crook [head]: metal (wrought iron); good condition- handle missing

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This crook head is made of wrought iron and is of the Kingston shape, though the guide is very short. The scroll which ends in a point, does not meet the guide. The gap between the guide and the barrel is narrow, being 7/8 inch, the crook head measures 12 inches in length. The barrel is rounded throughout, there is one hole in the back of it near the handle end so that a nail might be driven in, thus attaching a wooden handle. This crook head has no handle. The barrel is flat across the bottom. The seam in the barrel is on the inner side. // See also 51/572L.', Victoria & Albert Museum No. 346, 1926.

1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31

Eighteenth century