Spinning top
Prisoner-of-war
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone
Measurements
57 mm (Height); 28 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339429
Summary
Small bone spinning top with carved finial and red indented dice spots 1-6 on the faces around the outside. Bone prisoner-of-war work. In notebook no.5, page 44 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Nursery no.115 Bone Teetotum'. Includes sketch.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
1/2/3/4/5/6
Makers and roles
Prisoner-of-war
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 44