Shuttle
Category
Tools
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Bone, Brass, Steel
Measurements
28 mm (Width) x 19 mm (Depth); 255 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1342728.2
Summary
Wooden end-delivery boat shuttle. Brass pirn in the central section. Part of central section has open base. Steel ends. Two 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. Eye has strand of wool. Inside open section 'V' in white paint and '5' in black ink.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside: V 5