1/48th kit gibbet
Flat packed, in kit form and ready for construction in colours of your own choosing.
Size: 6.8 cms long at the base x 5.9 cms wide x 8 cms high.
Designed and copyrighted by Raptoor
Wrought iron gibbet cage used to hold the corpse of an executed felon. Following public executions, the bodies were cut down from the gallows, placed in a cage and hung from wooden gibbets. The spectacle of executed criminals being hanged out to rot was intended to be a deterrent to all those considering a life of crime. In the 18th century, many pirates were transported to London for their trial and execution at Execution Dock at Wapping. The spectacle of rotting bodies in their 'gibbet tassels' along the banks of the river was a feature of London life until well into the 19th century.
It was also not unknown for them to be used in mental asylums, putting patients into them & turning an icy cold hose on them to extinguish the demons who were plaguing the poor soul.
