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This is a calf muzzle, used to prevent calves from suckling to obtain milk. It consists of a leather collar with protruding metal spikes. It was used in the mid-nineteenth century on a farm near Newbury, West Berkshire.

1 calf muzzle: leather, metal

MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'CALF MUZZLE // See correspondence', Letter, L.K. Pritchard (The Borough Museum, Newbury) to C.A. Jewell (MERL), 22 October 1962 - 'Perhaps you would sent a line of acknowledgement to the donor, Miss Joan Hill... She was only able to tell us that her family had it for a long time and it was used on a local farm over a hundred years ago.', Letter, L.K. Pritchard (The Borough Museum, Newbury) to C.A. Jewell (MERL), 15 October 1962 - 'A farm appliance... has been brought in here and the donor says it was used about 100 years ago to prevent calves from obtaining milk.'

1825-01-01 - 1874-12-31

Mid-nineteenth century

Leather, Metal