A Rare Late 19thC Granite Butchers Slaughtering Block c.1890 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews There is a bridge provided

There is a bridge provided but we are not sure if its original so we have not reattached it

‘J&Co 51-3253’ bottom left and the GPO logo bottom right

Width: 1”

The original black painted fruitwood carcass showing the wonderful original textured surface worn thoroughly and consistently with age

1900-15Diameter: 18

A Rare Late 19thC Granite Butchers Slaughtering Block c.1890 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews There is a bridge providedOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Dairyland Farmworld Museum, Cornwall, UK Date: c. 1890 Height: 16 Diameter: 16 The rarely found butchers slaughtering or tethering block or boulder, used for slaughtering animals in a butchery, the whole in granite with a blacksmith forged iron tethering ring, the whole surviving from the late nineteenth century and formerly of the Dairyland Museum, Cornwall. In complete condition, the block is in