magnifying glasses for yarn counts

Made:
circa 1900 in Manchester urban district
maker:
Joseph Louis Casartelli
magnifying glasses for yarn counts

magnifying glasses for yarn counts
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem

Magnifying glasses for yarn counts. Mounted on folding brass stand. Slot through which picks or yarns can be counted.

Details

Category:
Textile Industry
Object Number:
Y1975.31
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
type:
magnifying glass
credit:
Gift of Stuart Smith of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust