Wool winder
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
205 mm (Height); 35 mm (Diameter); 480 mm (Length)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 553586
Summary
Wool winder - Long winder comprises of; short dowellines, pieces jointed by pulley-shaped stops at both ends of joint. A ball drilled through centre with a wooden 'clamping screw' at one end, and at the other end a cylindrical piece with ball attached which is drilled through the centre, through which a large, ornately turned screw passes.
Provenance
Purchased as part of Geler Jones Collection in 1994.