Shuttle
Category
Tools
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Glass, Brass, Steel
Measurements
25 mm (Width) x 17 mm (Depth); 300 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1342727.3
Summary
Wooden bobbin boat shuttle. Each side lined with brass. Steel rods in the central section. Closed base. Steel ends. Eye of shuttle has glass insert. Two wooden rollers on the base. Stamped on one end of open section: 'MURAT LYON', on other end: 'PLACE BELLEVUE'. Inside open section number '8' in white paint. On base, written in red: '8/-'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Top of one end: MURAT LYON Top of one end: PLACE BELLEVUE Inside: 8