Object number
59/218
Description
This is a multi-catch live box mouse trap with a see-saw action. The see-saw plank provides a one-way entrance system into the box, trapping the mouse but not killing it. This trap could catch several mice at a time. It was purchased by the donor at an antique's shop in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the donor believed it came from Warwickshire.
Physical description
1 mousetrap: wood; metal
Archival history
See Figures 2i-j, p.12, in 'British Mouse Traps and their Makers' by David Drummond, 2008.
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_2870.tif - High resolution image
