Wooden peg, round section and tapered to a point. For the other components of the winder see [1911.29.17 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden peg, round section and tapered to a point. For the other components of the winder see [1911.29.17 .1 - .10] [BS [OPS Move] 12/5/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire Launton
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Percy Manning; PRM source Percy Manning
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1894
Date collected: 1894
Acquisition information: Donated: 1911
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Metal, Process Carpentered, Process Nailed, Process Perforated, Process Carved, Process Bent, Process Woven
Dimensions: Depth: max 5 mm, Width: max 8 mm, Length: max 61 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1911.29.17.10
Research and responses: The Bobbin winder was mentioned in a Pitt Rivers Museum Object Collections blog post by Faye Belsey in March 2015. A copy of the post is in the RDF. [http://pittrivers-object.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/lace-facilitating-knowledge-exchange.html accessed 30/03/2015] [MJD 30/03/2015]
According to the British History Online article about Launton 'It was reported in 1808 that two or three poor women, supported by the interest on [John] Henn's bequest, occasionally looked after labourers' children for 2d. or 3d. a week, and taught reading, the catechism, and lace-making.' 'Parishes: Launton', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 6, ed. Mary D Lobel (London, 1959), pp. 232-243 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol6/pp232-243 [accessed 31 March 2015]. [MJD 31/03/2015]

Search terms: Textile, Tool, Lace Accessory, Winder