Cotton reel
Dewhurst and Sons
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Measurements
32 mm (H)30 mm (Diameter)5 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332539
Summary
Six wooden cotton reels. One with silver fittings and coloured red, two with labels which read 'Imperial Sewing Silk. made in England' and two which have labels that read 'Dewhurst and Sons'. The drawer also contains small wooden sleepers for the Wolf's Cove model railway. Contained in drawer labelled 'Sleepers' in SNO.F.768.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Dewhurst and Sons