Spinning wheel
Prisoner-of-war
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, Thread
Measurements
125 x 95 x 45 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339408
Summary
Bone model of a spinning wheel with two platforms. The lower with three interconnected cogs and a turning handle and the upper section has the spinning wheel, two seated ladies in poke bonnets on high chairs, one holding a baby, and two standing figures. The arms of the ladies move as the handle is turned, connected with thread. Flat base and nine resting pegs. Prisoner-of-war work.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Prisoner-of-war