Reel for winding yarn. [BS [OPS Move] 11/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Reel for winding yarn. [BS [OPS Move] 11/5/2017]
Long description: Reel for winding yarn. Formed of a central hourglass shaped barrel with expanded ends with six radiating rods from each. There is a metal rod through the wooden barrel and a greasy deposit across much of the surface of the object. [BS [OPS Move] 11/5/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Edward Thurlow Leeds; PRM source Edward Thurlow Leeds
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1940
Date collected: By 1940
Acquisition information: Donated: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Turned
Dimensions: Depth: max 124 mm, Diameter: max 535 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.5.94.1
Research and responses: OED online: Swift: A light kind of reel, usually of adjustable diameter, upon which a skein of silk, yarn, etc. is placed in order to be wound off. See also quot. 1878. [AP 25/09/2006]

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