Wadding
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wadding and cloth
Measurements
180 x 100 x 65 mm
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 39623.13
Summary
A cloth bag of felt gun wadding closed with a drawstring. The bag is stamped in black on each side. One side reads; GEORGE GIBBS / GUN MAKER / 29, CORN ST. / BRISTOL / Chemically Prepared / FELT GUN WADDING. The other side reads; ELASTIC FELT / WADDING / PGR / 16 / BREECH-LOADING / CARTRIDGES / TO BE USED OVER THE POWDER. (This wadding was probably used in the polishing process).
Provenance
Purchased from John Edwards in 2017, and brought back to Tyntesfield thanks to a generous anonymous donation. Antony Gibbs (1841-1907) purchased this lathe, grinding machine and the accompanying suite of accessories from Holtzapffel & Co in 1872. It was sold originally in 1852 to Count Dunin for £137.16.0. It was later returned to Holtzapffel & CO., refurbished and sold to Sir A Sterling in 1861. It was again returned to Holtzapffel, completely refurbished and resold in 1872 to Antony Gibbs Esq of Tyntesfield, Bristol for the sum of £220. On Antony’s death the lathe passed to his son Antony Hubert Gibbs of Clyst St George. In 1953 it was sold at an auction of the Gibbs estate and subsequently ended up in Scotland where it languished for the next 60 years, until it was acquired by John Edwards, an ornamental turner, who cleaned and overhauled it.