1957.74

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ID Number

1957.74

Category

T&E For Materials

Sub-category

textileworking T&E

Item Type

clock

Item Name

reel

Materials

WOOD, PINE

Measurements

overall: 34 3/4 in

Description

pine; square wooden peg construction; notched decoration all edges on ends of bed, and 3 edges of ends of top of gearbox also around 3 lower edges of gearbox; iron nail holds bottom of clacker arm. Flat gear badly worn; ancient repair to I tooth, which is replaced by a steel pin. Bed warped and insect-damaged. Large splinter out of 1 corner of gearbox.

History

-given to G.F.Macdonald by Mr. and Mrs. Curtis J. Green of Birchlea, Kingsville, Ontario. A letter from Mrs. W. Leo King daughter of Mrs.C. King -Muriel G. King (Mrs. W. Leo King) notes at one time it belonged to the grandmother of the Wright girls who used to live on Sandwich st.,

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

England / Angleterre place

Gosfield Township (Ont.) place

King, James person

Kingsville (Ont.) place

Textiles subject

Women / Femmes subject