Thread waxer
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
wax
Measurements
31 mm (Width); 20 mm (Length)
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 740792.20
Summary
Piece of wax from a wax ceil bar used for coating cotton thread. Kept in the base, 740792.1.1, of a sewing box 740792.1
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.