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Antique Shepherd's Leg Crook

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Code: 10214

Dimensions:

H: 98cm (38.6")



• Antique Shepherd's Leg Crook.

• This is an early cast crook from early 1900s

• Deep sweeping curve with flat finial

• Mouth opening 1 inch

• Crook J in the multiple pic.

• Generic so not identified with a specific county

• Oak shaft

The shepherd was the highest paid of all the farm workers on a farm - he held the most responsibility looking after the master's flock.

This is a leg crook and would have been his everyday working crook. There are also Neck crooks, dipping crooks etc which were used only seasonally.