Sewing needle
Alfred Shrimpton and Sons Ltd
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1940
Materials
Metal and paper
Measurements
Each Needle - 75 mm (length); Packet - 90 mm (length), 30 mm (width)
Place of origin
Redditch
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665366
Summary
A paper packet containing two curved candlewick needles (possibly early 20th century). Handwritten in pencil on the packet is '6D' and printed in blue ink on the packet is 'Shrimpton's Candlewick Needles'. The company 'Alfred Shrimpton and Sons' were operating between 1812 and 2006 and these needles could possibly be early 20th century. Total number of items is 3.
Marks and inscriptions
On the paper packet.: 'SHRIMPTON'S/ Candlewick Needles/ MADE BY/ ALFRED SHRIMPTON AND SONS, LTD.,/ REDDITCH, ENGLAND'
Makers and roles
Alfred Shrimpton and Sons Ltd, maker