Shuttle
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron, Wood
Measurements
660 mm (Length)45 mm (W)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332224
Summary
Large wooden shuttle with iron prong, screwed and nailed to a long handle. In notebook no.4, page 107 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Weavers Room 74. A very large shuttle pivoted to a handle'. Includes sketch with dimensions.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 107