Pair of Thumbekins

Made:: 1600-1700 in Chichester

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Pair of Thumbekins, padlock and key, English, 17th Century
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Pair of Thumbekins, padlock and key, English, 17th Century. steel with brass knobs and steel padlock and key, an instrument of torture for compressing the thumbs. Found behind the panelling of an old house at Chichester

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Category:: Locks & Fastenings

Object Number:: 1959-37

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)

type:: thumbscrew

credit:: Victoria & Albert Museum

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Pair of Thumbekins

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