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A Pudsey peace jug, purchased with support from The Friends of Leeds City Museum and made by local potter John Sugden in 1801 to mark Napoleon Boneparte’s signing of the Concordat of 1801 with Pope Pius VII.

Used in English towns and cities as early as 1574, scold’s bridles were employed to discourage individuals, usually women, who were judged to have spoken rebelliously, inappropriately or out of turn. Also known as a brank’s, or witch’s bridle, the grisly object has gone on show in the museum’s Leeds Story gallery as a sad reminder of a less enlightened age, having been originally collected by Morley historian Norrison Scatcherd.

Used in English towns and cities as early as 1574, scold’s bridles were employed to discourage individuals, usually women, who were judged to have spoken rebelliously, inappropriately or out of turn. Also known as a brank’s, or witch’s bridle, the grisly object has gone on show in the museum’s Leeds Story gallery as a sad reminder of a less enlightened age, having been originally collected by Morley historian Norrison Scatcherd.