Five Wooden Deadfall Mouse Traps

19th century and earlier, one dual trap with 18th century rose head nails, distressed surface; one single trap with old wood surface; three other probable single trap reproductions; largest 9-1/2 x 14-1/2 in.Note:ÿThe older single trap is the successful trap featured in Hume's essay 'In Pursuit of the Loch Ness Mouse.'See Literature: Ivor No‰l Hume, In Search of This & That: Tales from an Archaeologist?s Quest, Selected Essays from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1996, pages 76, 77, ill.Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities
Condition Report: dual trap has some broken and missing components, one with bowed wall, some with interior residue, surface dirt, other scattered losses and surface wear consistent with age and use