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Title: Pair of Thumbekins, padlock and key, English, 17th Century [Go to resource]
Description: Pair of Thumbekins, padlock and key, English, 17th Century. steel with brass knobs and steel padlock and key, an instrument of torture for compressing the thumbs. Found behind the panelling of an old house at Chichester License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Source: Science Museum Identifier: 1959-37 Go to resource More Like this...
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