Spinning wheel
Prisoner-of-war
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, Thread
Measurements
110 x 45 x 39 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339412
Summary
Very delicate bone model of a vertical spinning wheel on a three legged stool with stylised carved wheel. Wheel turned by a treadle and crank. Wheel connected by thread to bobbin.The stool has finely turned legs. 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