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Description: | Muckle-wheel spinning wheel, made of wood with an iron rod spindle, probably home-made It is so large that the spinner would be on foot, turning the wheel by hand and drawing out the thread while walking backwards Even after the muckle wheel had gone out
"524. Muckle-wheel in wood. Circ. 1800. Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire. Presented by Miss M. D. Allardyce, Culquoich, Aberdeenshire, 1903."
Author: Reid,Robert.W Date: 1912 Purpose: Illustrated.Catalogue.of.the.Anthropological.Museu
"Until the mid-19th century, all cloth was made from wool or flax spun and woven in the home. In the 17th century, large hand-driven spinning wheels, or muckle wheels, were introduced, superseding the earliest method of spinning on a drop spindle, rotated by the fingers. A spinning wheel would have been an important part of the furniture of the house, often kept near the hearth, and used for spinning both wool and flax. It was capable of producing larger quantities of yarn. This is a muckle wheel. It is made of wood with an iron rod spindle, and was probably home-made. It is so large that the spinner would be on foot, turning the wheel by hand and drawing out the thread while walking backwards. Even after the muckle wheel had gone out of general use it was used to wind bobbins. This wheel comes from Towie, Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Acquisition source: Allardyce, M D Miss | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1790-1810 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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