Name/Title
Spinning Bobbins, IndustrialEntry/Object ID
2024.7.01Description
Two c. 19th-century wooden industrial spinning bobbins, for use in spinning machines (spinning frames). Flanges are wood covered with brass. Made of a hardwood. Varnished and polished. Wood a single, solid piece.Use
While today's spinning frames use steel bobbins, older spinning machines used bobbins made of hard wood, sanded and polished. As thread or yarn was drawn and spun, it was wound onto spinner bobbins. When the bobbins became full, the spinners removed them from the machines and replaced them with empty ones. Doffers (also called bobbin boys or bobbin girls) carried the full bobbins on to the next step of manufacturing.Collection
General CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BobbinNomenclature Sub-Class
Textile Manufacturing EquipmentNomenclature Class
Textileworking T&ENomenclature Category
Category 04: Tools & Equipment for MaterialsDimensions
Height
8 inDiameter
2-1/4 inMaterials
Material
Wood, Brass, Steel, VarnishMaterial Notes
Wood is a hardwood. Possibly ash.Location
Location
Room
Dugan Mill Factory Floor ExhibitBuilding
Duagn BuildingCategory
ExhibitDate
May 26, 2024Condition
Overall Condition
Very GoodDate Examined
May 26, 2024Examined By
Eves, J.Provenance
Provenance Detail
Donor inherited them from her mother, who possibly received them from donor's uncle John McCarrick (now deceased), a former volunteer at the Mill Museum.Exhibition
Factory Floor ExhibitCreated By
historian@millmuseum.orgCreate Date
May 26, 2024Updated By
historian@millmuseum.orgUpdate Date
May 26, 2024
