1860-1880
GUSN-20710
Rat trap, wire oval shaped w/ wire handle on top. Opening at one end leads to center platform, platform moves and rat falls to secondary chamber w/ door at end.
traps (trapping equipment)
wire
Wire
RATTRAP
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
7 x 15 x 8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.3829
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