Wooden knitting guard with heart shaped top
Key details
- Object number
- 3.4543.a
- Date
- 1770 to 1799
- On display
- No
- Object number
- 3.4543.a
- Date
- 1770 to 1799
- On display
- No
Description
Wooden knitting guard with heart shaped top section and diamond-shaped pointed lower section. One side of the heart has embossed diamond pattern. Two holes on top to hold needles. Heart-shaped section is slotted to hook onto knitting.
This is the second of two Knitting guards that reportedly belonged to Burns' Mother.
Object information
Category
Material
Measurements
- Depth: 1(cm)
- Height: 10(cm)
- Width: 4.5(cm)