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This cauterising iron, or searing iron, was used to sear the stumps of animals' tails to stop the bleeding after they had been docked. It is made of iron with a flattened paddle at one end and a hook at the other. Nothing is known of its origins.

1 searing iron: iron; good condition

Iron, cauterising, Iron, searing

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)