Thread dispenser
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Sycamore
Measurements
70 mm (Height); 43 mm (Diameter)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549120
Summary
Sycamore egg-shaped thread dispenser, the surface with sprayed silhouettes of foliage, the two halves press-fit, the upper also with a notch. Bobbin holder inside. Inscribed - early feather work egg for cotton reel c 1.50 (note inside)
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
early feather work egg for cotton reel c 1.50 (note inside)