Spinning top made with a potato for fly-wheel and a nut shell on a stick. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/1/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Spinning top made with a potato for fly-wheel and a nut shell on a stick. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/1/2005]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Near Bristol Somerset Failand
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker A gardener at Failand; Field collector Agnes Fry; PRM source Agnes Fry
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Plant, Material Plant Nut-shell, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 110 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.21.1

Search terms: Toy and Game, Spinning-top

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