Gibbet - miniature model
c. 1908Electroplated Nickel Silver (EPNS) model gibbet with a solid rounded base, rippled etching on the gibbet frame from which a small bucket cage is hung. The upright frame is hollow and has a square profile. The horizontal frames are both solid. There is a small rounded piece of metal that protrudes up from the base that once may have held a spoon.
Gibbets, like this one, were set up on crossroads in medieval England - lawbreakers were placed in the cage and left to die of thirst and starvation.
A gibbet is a gallows-like structure used to publicly display the body of an executed criminal, often in an iron cage, to serve as a deterrent to others.
The practice, also known as "hanging in chains," involved suspending the body from a high post after execution, sometimes leaving them to die of exposure and starvation.
The term ''gibbet'' was taken from the French word ''gibet'', which translates to ''gallows''. Criminals who had committed certain crimes would be executed, and their bodies hung from a gibbet as an extra punishment.
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It is not known what this model gibbet was used for but it is probably a novelty piece and used to store small table items like tooth picks or hold a mustard jar.
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