Shuttle
Category
Tools
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Bone, Steel
Measurements
26 mm (Width) x 16 mm (Depth); 233 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1342727.16
Summary
Wooden end-delivery boat shuttle. Brass pirn missing. Part of central section has open base. Both steel ends present but rusty. 2 steel inserts on one side of each end. Eye of shuttle and two more holes have pierced bone inserts. Steel pin across one end of open section. Inside open section number 'XVII' in white paint and '17' in black.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside: XVII 17