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Sewing1311 of 2599pure linen colonial sampler Vintage Antique? primative Needle Work ? Sailor Woolie ?
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    Posted 9 years ago

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    This item was in a box in my Grandparents garage. Please help me identify what this is and what it is used for and possibly the age of it. It is 13 1/2" long with metal tips and it is 1 1/2" tall. It has a wooden dowl type piece that pulls up from the middle but doesn't go all the way up. It has a "U" on one end and it has "ACME" on it and "KIRK CO LTD BLACKBURN" and "RIGHT" and "3/3" (I think, it's hard to read this one).

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    1. TallCakes TallCakes, 9 years ago
      think it's a weaving shuttle
    2. TallCakes TallCakes, 9 years ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_(weaving)
    3. unlimited_treasures unlimited_treasures, 9 years ago
      Thank you for the information, I had no idea what that was until I just looked it up on youtube and it's quite interesting. But now I really have no idea why it was in my Grandparents garage. lol
    4. BCHMuseum BCHMuseum, 9 years ago
      I also have a shuttle like this from my grandparents. I believe mine was used for mending fishing gillnets on the lower Columbia River. - Mark T.

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