Shuttle
Category
Tools
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Bone, Steel
Measurements
29 mm (Width) x 18 mm (Depth); 240 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1342727.13
Summary
Wooden bobbin boat shuttle. Closed base. Steel ends present, but rusty. 3 steel inserts on one side of each end. Eye of shuttle has pierced bone insert. One side stamped 'H. MADDOX'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
One side: H. MADDOX