Can you guess the mystery item from Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s cabinet of curiosities?

Last month’s items were hoof-trimming knives. The mystery item this month was soon cracked by Robert Trevor, who correctly identified it with a single word — nutcracker.

Well done Robert. You win two tickets to one of the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s programme of lectures. See details of all the forthcoming lectures at www.sgsoc.org/lecture-season-2024-25

Who can identify this month’s item?

If you can, just email your answer with your full name and address to outreach@sgsoc.org by the closing date of Tuesday, August 27.

The answer and next month’s object from Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s Cabinet of Curiosities will appear on Tuesday, September 10.

The first correct answer out of the hat will win a pair of tickets to any of the Society’s forthcoming lectures.

Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is one of the oldest learned societies, founded in 1710.

The museum in Broad Street, Spalding, is open to all from Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm.

Entry is free, just ring the doorbell.

Inside is a cornucopia of items to inform, educate and amuse — of local, national and international interest.