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[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
51/872
Lavinia Smith Collection
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 searing iron: iron; good condition
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
No Lavinia Smith No. recorded.
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
Iron, cauterising, Iron, searing
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
Metal, iron
Berkshire
LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : healthcare and wellbeing
Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)
[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_10449.tif - High resolution image