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Thursday 6 October 2005
This week's Mystery Object is a cotton reel holding stand.
It is made from cedar and varnished. The little posts that hold the reels are made from whalebone.Needles would have gone in the top where a velvet pin cushion sat.The piece is circa 1850.
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