Pincushion
Prisoner-of-war
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, Silk
Measurements
100 x 39 x 10 mm
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339410
Summary
Cushion; Pincushion - Circular bone mounted pincushion on a carved stand with finial mount containing a red measuring tape on spindle acting as top f finial. Lid lifts off to reveal it. Prisoner-of-war work. In notebook no.5, page 13 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Top Royal no.153 Three Bone Tape measures' Includes sketch.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
Prisoner-of-war
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 13