Horse Coaching (or baiting) Seive

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Horse Coaching Seive front view

Horse Coaching Seive front view

Name/Title

Horse Coaching (or baiting) Seive

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.291

Description

Wooden and reed seive, constructed with bentwood and fixed by overlapping the two ends, like Shaker work and a Norfolk reed base. Additionally there is a wire strengthener in a cross pattern on the underside and then fixed into the sides.

Context

Named 'Coaching Seive' as they were hung in the stables at old coaching inns. The dust is referred to as 'bait'.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Animal Husbandry

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Height

130 mm

Diameter

535 mm

Weight

2.454 kg

Material

Reed, Wood - Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Location

* Untyped Location

WW floor

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

General Notes

Note

Thanks to Dr Adam Bowett, furniture historian, for wood identification