Tailor's 'Puffer

Object/Artifact

Waterperry Museum

Brass half of the tailors 'puffer'

Name/Title

Tailor's 'Puffer"

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.644

Description

A brass segment and a rubber sphere attached to a rubber pipe. The two pieces of the object are joined by the rubber tube to the nozzle on the right hand side of the brass segment. Chalk is put into the puffer and when squeezed is blown out of minute holes along the straight edge of the segment. The circular hole with a tightening screw would have held a stand.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Width

90 mm

Depth

95 mm

Weight

80 g

Dimension Notes

Details refer to the brass 'segment'. The puffer weights 74 g, the diameter is 18 mm; length 90 mm