4341 – Glazed terracotta Witches Possett Pot

Physical description:: the cover has a figure of a judge over the bowl with the figures of Temperence Lloyd, Mary Lloyd and Susannah Edwards all of Bideford, at the gallows. Signed underneath by Harry Juniper of Bideford
Museum classification:: Persecution / Images of Witchcraft
Size:: 380 x 230 x 225mm
Information:: Glazed possett ( a spiced milk drink curdled with ale ) pot by Harry Juniper of Bideford, commemorating the trial and execution of the last witches in England held at Exeter in the reign of Charles II,
Resource:: Object
Materials:: ceramic - terracotta

952 – Thumbscrews

Iron thumbscrews used in torture. Suspended on a long chain of thirteen narrow oval links, joined to the thumbscrews by two linked rings, and with an ingenious link halfway made from a nail that allows them to rotate. A further larger ring is attached to the end of the last oval link of the chain. The thumbscrew apparatus consists of a bar mounted on a simple screw, and which travels upwards or downwards operated by a rotating wing nut on a W-shaped frame.

2720 – Door knocker – ducking stool

Small brass door knocker depicting a woman in a ducking stool being ducked by a man wearing a top hat.

2911 – Postcard: Ducking Stool/Tumbrell

Photograph of Leominster Ducking Stool.