Shuttle
Category
Tools
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Bone, Brass, Steel, Leather
Measurements
27 mm (Width) x 21 mm (Depth); 280 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1342728.3
Summary
Wooden end-delivery boat shuttle. Brass pirn in the central section. Central section has open base. Steel ends. Eye of shuttle and two more holes have pierced bone inserts. Steel pin across one end of open section. Strip of leather stuck to the inside of open section. Stamped on one end: '[illegible] STOCKPORT'. Inside open section, number 15 in white paint.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
On one side: [illegible] STOCKPORT Inside: 15