Shuttle
Category
Tools
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Bone, Brass, Steel
Measurements
25 mm (Width) x 15 mm (Depth); 300 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1342727.1
Summary
Wooden end delivery boat shuttle. Brass pirn in the central section. Part of central section has open base. Steel ends. 4 steel inserts on the sides of each end. Eye of shuttle and four more holes have pierced bone inserts (one missing). Steel pin across one end of open section. Stamped on each end: 'S. MADDOX'. Inside open section number '11' in white paint.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Top of both ends: S. Maddox Inside: 11