Sewing accessory
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, paper, wood, textile and plastic
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 12876
Summary
A plastic bag containing sewing accessory comprising: a round tin with pins and needles labelled; DORCUS. A number of knitting needles. Paper containing sewing needles. Circular roll with glass headed pins stuck in one end, marked; The / RAVEN / CRANBERRY / TOILET PIN / Made in England. Fourteen curtain hooks, two screws, one jigsaw piece, one piece of wooden moulding. Assorted balls of wool or braid, one green two brown, four feathers, three safety pins, ten paper clips, two silver coloured fasteners and a number of elastic bands. One rubber with a pin stuck in it, one torn white envelope, one sheet advertising St. Michael sheets and towels marked; ONLY AVAILABLE from MARKS and SPENCER. One pencil with yellow and white stripes, sharpened at both ends. One cuff link with ridged mother-of-pearl. Miscellaneous sheets of paper. Assorted sewing and knitting items in large bag. Cardboard box, lid with oval cut out on long side. Left hand corner has three shells in a shield and is printed; SILK SUBSTITUTE / view of Belle Vue Mills, Skipton / DEWHURST'S / SYLKO / MACHINE TWIST. Lid inside has details of types of Sylko. Contains two reels of gold coloured Imperial Silk Twist and one reel of gold coloured Sylko, a card of mending wool and an empty card.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.