Wooden spangled bobbin for lace-making, with spangle missing. Decorated with four carved deeply stacked truncated cones, a curved oval shaped section and a band of incised lines. Part of a set of wooden bobbins [1895.25.11 .1 - .120] associated with wooden box [1895.25.11 .121] [EH [OPS Move] 5/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden spangled bobbin for lace-making, with spangle missing. Decorated with four carved deeply stacked truncated cones, a curved oval shaped section and a band of incised lines. Part of a set of wooden bobbins [1895.25.11 .1 - .120] associated with wooden box [1895.25.11 .121] [EH [OPS Move] 5/6/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire Cherwell District Arncott
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 8 mm, Length: max 97 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1895.25.11.115

Search