1/48th gallows/hangman’s noose.
Flat packed, in kit form and ready for construction in colours of your own choosing. This is an advanced kit for an experienced dolls house maker.
Size: 5.5 cms length x 7cms cms wide including the steps.
Designed and copyrighted by Raptoor
In the traditional usage of the gallows, the condemned stands on a platform or drop (introduced in England in 1760), the rope hangs from the crossbeam, and the noose at its end is placed around the neck. Hanging is achieved when the body drops several feet, the knot in the noose being so adjusted that the spinal cord is broken by the fall, and death is instantaneous.
Earlier versions of the process were far less merciful. Sometimes the condemned man stood in a cart, which was drawn away from under him; sometimes he had to mount a ladder, from which he was thrust by the hangman. Until 1832 prisoners in England were sometimes hanged by being drawn up from the platform by a heavy weight at the other end of the rope. Death in these cases was by strangulation. Until 1868, hangings were public affairs in Britain. After this date, and until the abolition of capital punishment in 1965, executions were private. The gallows were erected in a chamber or enclosed space set apart for the purpose inside the prison grounds.
