Shuttle
Category
Tools
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Bone, Brass, Steel
Measurements
28 mm (Width) x 17 mm (Depth); 292 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1342727.5
Summary
Wooden bobbin boat shuttle. Central section has closed base. Steel ends. 4 steel inserts on the sides of each end. Eye of shuttle has pierced bone insert. Stamped on each end: 'S. MADDOX'. Inside open section number '13' 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: 13