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This is a wooden fleam mallet, used by butcher when slaughtering animals by bleeding them to death. The mallet would be used to drive a fleam into the jugular vein to sever it. It was last used circa 1809 by a butcher called Letherbarrows in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and was given to the donor by his great grandson.

fleam mallet: wood

1800 - 1800

Twist, Michael F. (Agent)