Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to object reads: 'grasshopper inn. sign. 7 Peas Hill, Cambridge. Sir Clifford Allbutt. 1910.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Grasshopper in the round, described in 1903 as a vane from the Grasshopper Inn, formerly situated in the garden of Jennings shop.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Found: Garden at back of Jennings' shop, 7 Peas Hill; Collected in 6 July 1903.
Event Date 6/7/1903
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue Card contains the following entry: "On South wall of tea room" and is accompanied by a detailed drawing by Alfred H. Powell of both the ?tea room and the grasshopper.
Event Date 1910
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Annual Report for AR 1910.249 [in 1912 Annual Report]: 'A copper wind vane moulded in form of a cricket (10"-5). ?Gresham crest.'
Event Date 1912
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy shop sign or wind vane in the shape of a grasshopper. Two feelers on head; face is depicted with eyes, nostrils, and open mouth with teeth. One pair of wings and three pairs of legs are present on the body. A pole for attachment to the chest. The two forelegs, one mid leg and one hind leg are broken off and missing; unknown metal object inside the hollow body.
Event Date 29/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang

Context (Analysis)
According to 'Capturing Cambridge' (https://capturingcambridge.org/), there was a pub named The Grasshopper at 2 Brookfields, Cambridge, which may be the 'Grasshopper Inn' where this object once belonged.
Event Date 29/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang