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Description: | Jack reel or wool winder, in wood Inscription (maker's name?) on top, carved into the wood Slip catalogue and accessions book gives number (525+1) and donor (Margaret A Morris), plus following information: 1 Carder H:450mm B:350mm But this part of the description does not match the object
"'Jack Reel', for winding prepaered yarn, made by John Sangster woodturner, used at Old House of Skellater, Corgarff, (early 19th cent)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Until the 19th century all woollen clothing was made from wool spun and woven in the home. Spun yarn was collected on a wool winder. Spinning wheels were capable of producing larger quantities of yarn than the earlier drop spindles. This is a jack reel or wool winder. It was a device introduced at the same time as the spinning wheel. It was placed next to the spinning wheel and the yarn was wound on to it from the spindle to make a skein ready for the weaver. The jack reel allowed the yarn to be measured, which was important now yarn was to be sold to the weaver. Before this was introduced home-made wool-winders were used, which held less yarn. The jack reel was made by John Sangster, a woodturner, and was used at Old House, Skellater, Corgarff."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Acquisition source: Morris, Margaret A | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1790-1900 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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