Two Scarce Folk Magic Specimens of a Mummified Cat & Mouse c.1750; 4 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, Ireland Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews the folding hood has some

the folding hood has some old tape repairs but the bellows and knobs are all present and in operation and the tripod is in solid working order

opened as the Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum in January 1862

The handles are later replacements but of the period and in keeping

and can be read to date letter C

in a broad way

Two Scarce Folk Magic Specimens of a Mummified Cat & Mouse c.1750; 4 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, Ireland Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews the folding hood has someOrigin: Irish Period: George II Provenance: 4 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, Ireland Date: c. 1750 The Cat: 14 l x 8 d x 2. 5 h The Mouse: 7. 5 l x 3 d x 0. 75 h The well preserved mummified or dried specimens of a domestic cat and field mouse, each fully intact and with some remaining teeth, whiskers and claws, having been discovered under the stairs of 4 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, Ireland, with accompanying violin case, the wholes surviving from the