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1895.25.11.90

Wooden spangled bobbin for lace-making, with spangle missing. Decorated with faintly carved band of incised lines and a band of four stacked truncated cones. Part of a set of wooden bobbins [1895.25.11 .1 - .120] associated with wooden box [1895.25.11 .121] [EH [OPS Move] 1/6/2017]


1895.25.11.90

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden spangled bobbin for lace-making, with spangle missing. Decorated with faintly carved band of incised lines and a band of four stacked truncated cones. Part of a set of wooden bobbins [1895.25.11 .1 - .120] associated with wooden box [1895.25.11 .121] [EH [OPS Move] 1/6/2017]
Cultural groups
English
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1895
Date collected
By 1895
Acquisition information
Donated: 1895
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Decorated, Process Turned, Process Incised
Dimensions
Diameter: max 7 mm, Length: max 90 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1895.25.11.90

Search terms: Textile, Bead, Lace Accessory