Calculator
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
20 mm (Height); 155 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338303
Summary
Calculator - Chinese calculating circle, wooden, with rings of Chinese characters and a diagram on the back. Hole in centre with ivory surround for the pointer. It has lost its pointer. CPW item number 134. In notebook no.6, page 26 (1340945.6) Charles Wade refers to: 'The Blue Room 134. Chinese Calculating Circles.' Includes sketch.
Provenance
CPW item 134 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1946: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 6 The Blue Room, 1946, Page 26