Wooden bobbin with bead weights and decorated with pewter. [FB 18/02/2015]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden bobbin with bead weights and decorated with pewter. [FB 18/02/2015]
Long description: Wooden bobbin with bead weights and decorated with pewter. The bobbin has been decorated down its length with a band of pewter. The other end of the bobbin is perforated with metal wire threaded through it. The metal wire has been strung with nine glass beads four clear, two pink, two blue and one mottled white and blue bead. [FB 18/02/2015]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Buckinghamshire
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Amy Jane Nevell; PRM source Amy Jane Nevell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1944
Date collected: By 1944
Acquisition information: Donated: 1944
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pewter Metal, Material Bead, Material Metal Wire, Process Decorated, Process Inlaid, Process Turned
Dimensions: Length: max 105 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1944.8.105

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