Series of bobbins and shuttles used in cotton manufacture

Made:: 1894-1909

Series of bobbins and shuttles used in cotton manufacture, mounted on a wooden board, and coloured drawings: 38 items, by Wilson Brothers Bobbin Company, Garston, Liverpool, England, 1894-1909.

In the manufacture of cotton, as soon as the spinning processes are reached bobbins come into use to hold the material while undergoing treatment. Their number and variety is consequently very great so that first cost is important, while wear and tear are such as to require close attention to design and construction. The bobbins shown are typical, and are arranged in the sequence of the processes in which they are employed ; in most cases full and empty bobbins are shown, together with sectional drawings to elucidate the construction, details of which were patented between 1880 and 1904 by members of the firm and others.

Details

Category:: Textiles Machinery

Object Number:: 1909-466

Materials:: boxwood, cornel, dogwood and persimmon

Measurements:: overall: 375 x 1270 x 150 mm

type:: bobbins and shuttles for cotton weaving

credit:: Wilson Brothers Bobbin Company

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Parts

Four shuttles

Four shuttles, two of which are stamped 'patent unique' seperated from the main collection, by Wilson Brothers Bobbin Company, Garston, Liverpool, England, 1894-1909.