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A spike that was used in evidence against the Cato Street Conspirators

Date: 1820. Catalogue reference: TS 11/208

At the trial of the Cato Street Conspirators the prosecution alleged that the heads of assassinated Cabinet members would be placed on spikes similar to this one.

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