Box
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
c. 1870 - c. 1950
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
105 mm (Width) x 35 mm (Depth); 140 mm (Length)
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997531.1
Summary
Dewurst’s Sylko Machine twist fast colour cardboard box. It would have originally contained 12 reels of cotton thread.
Full description
John Dewhurst and Sons manufactured sewing cotton and cotton yarn for spinning from 1869 at Belle Vue Mills in Skipton.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.