SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES x 4 packets:[.1] 'H. MILWOOD & SONS...BETWEENS/No.4/8...' [.2] 'ABEL MORRALL'S' size 3 [.3] ABEL MORRALL'S, size 4 [.4.] 'ABEL MORRALL'S, size 6

H2013.82.1-4

[.1] Oblong cream, black and gold packet containing 18 metal sewing needles, each with an aperture for thread. ' H.MILWARD & SONS/BETWEENS/No. 4/8/Made at Redditch./England. [.2] Small, oblong black packet with label 'ABEL MORRALL'S/TRADE MARK/BURNISHED/Egg Eyed/BETWEENS/MADE IN ENGLAND' ADHERED ON FRONT. The trade mark is a griffin carrying a sword. Packet contains needles but it is glued shut. [.3 and .4] Description the same as for [.2] excepting one has '6' and the other has '3' printed underneath the gold Griffin. Both contain 20 needles. Both .3 and .4 are bound together with string.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2013.82.1-4
Accession Date: 11 Sep 2014
Acquisition Year: 2013

Material

Unclassified

[.1]Cardboard cover containing strip of material with needles inserted into it. [.2] Cardboard with paper label and needles inside? [.3 and .4] As for [.2] but bound together with string

0 - Whole
Textile
Paper
Cardboard/Paper
Metal
Metal/Metal

Measurement

length70mm[.1] Packet
width35mm
length40mm[.2] Packet
width25mm
length40mm[.3] Packet
width27mm
length38mm[.4] Packet
width22mm

 


 

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