[MR] Information request: Fiber Spinners

[Catherine Windsor]

It looks like a marlin spike used for splicing ropes. Considering that Glasgow 
has been building ships for centuries, that makes since.

 Baroness Julia Windsor
Argent, a portcullis and chief embattled azure


"So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All we 
have to decide is what to do with the time given to us."




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From: Jeff Harold <aleseller1745 at yahoo.com>
To: Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Sun, July 18, 2010 9:57:04 PM
Subject: [MR] Information request: Fiber Spinners

A woman in my 18th C Scottish reenactment group came across a picture of an 
oddly-shaped Scottish spindle and could not identify its purpose.  Any ideas?

http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/viewimage.html?oid=107282&i=90152

Many thanks,

Geoffrey of Doune
Highland Foorde


      
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