Object number
75/124
Exhibition
Description
This is a partridge carrier, used for carrying partridges which have been shot. The main body is made of wood, with a slot running along the centre with a circular hole cut at on end. The bird's head is put through the hole and then slid along the slot. The carrier is said to have been used in the Reading area.
Physical description
partridge carroer: wood, metal, leather
Archival history
MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – ‘Object name: CARRIER – PATRIDGE // Class: HUNTING // Notes: Said to have been used in the Reading area. Stated specifically for partridges by a gamekeeper ([the donor] worked as a gamekeeper boy on Hampshire Estate (Mr Goodall) where his family had been employed for generations). The main body is wood with a slot running the length, down the centre – at one end a larger circular hole has been cut through which the bird’s head is put through – and then slid along to end of slot. A metal flap covers the hole. Two screws hold it to the main body. Flap is worked by a simple hinge. When flat a small longue (attached to the hinge) protrudes which when pressed flat lifts the flap. // The handle comprises of a long leather strip nailed at each end to the underside of the carrier with 3 round headed pins in a [triangle] & a screw through each end of the main body. A wooden length is screwed to the leather at each end of the wood with two pins between.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_13386.tif - High resolution image
