Thick wick composed of tow

Made:: 1800-1900

Thick wick composed of tow
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Thick wick composed of tow, or unworked fibres possibly from flax soft cylindrical, twisted with length of string attched to one end, English (?), 1800-1900

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A655552

Materials:: tow, flax, unworked

Measurements:: wick only: length 190 mm
wicks: diameter 16 mm
including string: length 510 mm
string: diameter 510 mm

type:: wicks

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Thick wick composed of tow

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