Branding iron, 1800-1820

Photo by Ralph Morang

Photo by Ralph Morang

Name/Title

Branding iron, 1800-1820

Entry/Object ID

642

Description

Branding iron, with tapering shaft narrowing to a small hook at one end; at other end, has rectangular brand reading LORD (or S.LORD) in caps screwed to the shaft (one screw missing.) The S is in poor condition This brand is not recorded in the appendix in Jobe at al,, Portsmouth Furniture.

Acquisition

Accession

642

Acquisition Method

Unknown

Dimensions

Width

2-1/4 in

Length

19-3/4 in

Material

Wrought and cast iron

Provenance

Notes

Unknown; probably used by a member of the Lord family, some of whom lived in JPJ in the nineteenth century, including Samuel Lord (1788-1871)