Collar of Servitude, Airdrie, possibly Victorian

Worn by petty offenders from around the 1500s to 1700s. Civil courts sentenced offenders to wear the collar while serving a local laird. Kirk Sessions publicly shamed parishioners guilty of misdemeanours in the “jougs”, a collar with short chain attached to a wall. This brass collar may be a Victorian replica.

Museum reference:
NLC-2005-361
Date:
1885 ?
Associated with:
Airdrie, Scotland · Provenance and origin unknown but was part of Airdrie Museum Collection.


Dimensions:
height: 168mm
width: 154mm
depth: 50mm
Materials:
brass, leather

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By Jenny Harper on May 20, 2025

Hi, I think that this is may be miscategorised and that it is a post-medieval dog collar, see the below for example. The padlock and the rest of the artefact looks extremely similar. https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1203331 Many thanks. Jenny THANKS FOR GETTING IN TOUCH, WE WILL LOOK INTO THIS. SARAH CARTWRIGHT, SOCIAL HISTORY CURATOR

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