Shuttle
Category
Tools
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Bone, Brass, Steel
Measurements
28 mm (Width) x 17 mm (Depth); 235 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1342727.18
Summary
Wooden end-delivery boat shuttle. Brass pirn in the central section. Part of central section has open base. 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. One steel pin across each end of open section. Inside open section number '24' in white paint. Stamped on one side: 'H. MADDOX'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
One side: H. MADDDOX Inside: 24