Handcuffs

Circa 1860M
Iron, 7 ½ cm diameter, 7 ½ cm long chain

Found in the cellar of an old plantation house (‘Woodlawn’) near Richmond, Virginia. These would have almost certainly been used as an instrument of punishment on the plantation.

©The American Museum in Britain (Bath, UK)

Accession reference: The American Museum in Britain (Bath, UK), 1969.17