A Rare Late 19thC Granite Butchers Slaughtering Block c.1890 sub-Art & Sculpture used for the cutting of

used for the cutting of diamonds in workshops in Amsterdam

The condition of the bust is decorative throughout without huge losses

It has not been cleaned inside or out which is very pleasing

The way it is constructed

A Rare Late 19thC Granite Butchers Slaughtering Block c.1890 sub-Art & Sculpture used for the cutting ofOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Dairyland Farmworld Museum, Cornwall, UK Date: c. 1890 Height: 16 Diameter: 16 The rarely found butchers slaughtering or tethering block or boulder, used for slaughtering animals in a butchery, the whole in granite with a blacksmith forged iron tethering ring, the whole surviving from the late nineteenth century and formerly of the Dairyland Museum, Cornwall. In complete condition, the block is in