Sewing kit

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Portable sewing kit with threads, thimble and needles

Portable sewing kit with threads, thimble and needles

Name/Title

Sewing kit

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.641

Description

Sewing kit inside a turned wooden tube. Contains a spindle with three different colour threads, a thimble and needles inside the hollow interior. The thimble fits onto the shaped end of the spindle and the small wooden stopper plugs into the opposite end of the spindle to prevent the needles from falling out. E. Harrison i stamped on the outside of the kit.

Category

Clothing, Domestic

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Length

140 mm

Circumference

90 mm

Weight

28 g

Material

Wood

Location

* Untyped Location

C93