Bobbin

Name/Title

Bobbin

Entry/Object ID

2014.28.5

Description

Spindle perhaps to treadle/flax wheel [not in ETHS collection]*, machine-spun wood, long tapered 1/4" diam. dowel, blunt on one end (top) and pointed at other, 7/8" diam. ridged section slid on 1 1/2" from top (and now immovable), unknown maker (probably East Tenn.), 12 1/2"h x 7/8" diam., c. 1864? * unknown if it goes with spinning wheel 2014.28.1, as the dimensions of the metal one installed on it are different than for this one. May have gone with treadle/flax wheel that 2014.28.6 went with.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Unknown (probably East Tenn.)

Notes

Date: 1864 c. ?

Dimensions

Height

12-1/2 in

Diameter

7/8 in