SEWING KIT:
[.1] rectangular box; Handmade, covered with floral, leafy pattern in pale blue, green and pink on the outside, pale blue silk inside. Box and lid are edged with a blue cord. The lid is closed with a loop (broken) and a clear glass (?) button. Attached to the inside is a piece of cream coloured viyella, hand stitched to the inner lid. Decorative blue thread border on three sides. Edges are cut with pinking scissors. Fastened to this are three gold-coloured safety pins. Five steel straight pins on floral cushion bed on inside of container, corner, right.
[.2] thread, brown, 'GARNOCK/SEWING THREAD/KNOX'S BEST/2D/ KILBIRNIE, SCOTLAND'
[.3] thread, white, on circular cardboard wheel disc
[.4] thread, orange, 'BROADGATE MENDING/4 PLY/MADE IN ENGLAND'
[.5] pin, safety, gold-coloured
[.6] pin, safety, gold-coloured
[.7] pin, safety, gold-coloured
[.8] pins, straight, steel x5
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H2013.4.1-8 |
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| Accession Date: | 25 Jun 2014 |
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| Acquisition Year: | 2012 |
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| Credit: | Honoria Hassell Anderson and Patricia Anderson Wright Collection |
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Material
| Steel/Metal | 8 - pins, steel |
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Measurement
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