Historical Tools Collection

Mauchlineware

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T043

Mauchline ware needle book - front and back of sycamore wood. Front decorated with transfer scenes "Bourke Street Melbourne". Purple velvet hinge. Lined with purple silk with pocket for needle packet inside both covers. Replacement leaf of cream pinked wool containing 2 needles and 1 packet (4) calyx eyed needles.

T050

Mauchline ware. Pocket pin cushion with fuchsia velvet cushion sandwiched between circular wooden discs. The top disc is decorated with scene of Sandridge pier Melbourne (transfer). Contains 2 black pins.

T240

Emery cushion with cylindrical wooden case painted black. The case is covered with McBeth tartan paper. Maroon velvet cushion ends filled with emery powder.

T241

Square stool shaped pincushion with wooden base. Painted black and covered with McFarlane tartan paper. Gold wavy line on upper edge of base. Top covered in green velvet with sawdust stuffing.

T242

Rectangular wooden 2 part needlecase. Painted black and covered in Stuart tartan paper.

T243
Cylindrical wooden 2 part needlecase painted black. Covered in Prince Charlie tartan paper. Lightly pointed at the ends.

T244

Tartan-paper covered star shaped thread winder.

T415

Portable sewing kit with wooden thread winder and silver thimble.

Scissors

Scissors

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T001-02 & T001-03

Scissors and Scissors’ guard

T004-05

Scissors & Velvet lined scissors’ sheath

Late 19^th century

T073 Scissors

Stork shaped scissors. A slim pointed beak forms blades which pivot on a rivet which forms its eye. The legs form the shanks which attach to the oval thumb and finger holder. Body is textured like feathers. Beak is unplated steel.

T075 Scissors

Chinese embroidery scissors with cane bound handles. Made of iron with welded steel cutting edges to blades. Pivot action expandable handles.

T076 Scissors

Large Chinese steel plated scissors. Blades engraved with bird and duck. Large protruding rivet. Expandable handles.

T078 Scissors

Steel buttonhole scissors with "Horn's Patent" on one side and "Patent No. 47766" on the other. Brass screw for adjusting size of buttonhole. Sharp points 2.5cm long and then a non-cutting gap along the blades, with the screw to determine whether the whole 2.5cm or only a little of it may be shut down and cut.

Late 19th century

T079 Scissors

Steel plated folding scissors. Filed down the side of each blade. Rivets in shanks to make it possible for them to fold around the blades.

T080 Scissors

French scissors. Carved mother of pearl handles in the shape of swans. Gold mounts (1 replaced) for the shanks. Finely pointed steel blades engraved "Palais Royale".

Late 18^th - early 19^th century

T081 Scissors

Toledo steel gilded scissors. Triangular shaped thumb and finger holes.

Design in relief on blades.

T082 Scissors

Very tiny pair of scissors. Probably a charm. 2 rings attached to 1

handle. On 1 ring "800" marked.

T083 Scissors

Steel embroidery scissors. 1 pointed and 1 rounded blade.

T084 Scissors

Nail and embroidery scissors of steel with a file down the side of each blade. "Pie crust" decoration on the shanks.

Early 20^th century.

T085 Scissors

Pair of scissors with embossed silver gilt handles, with matching chatelaine sheath. Design of flowers, leaves and scrolls. Sheath, lined in maroon velvet, has link chain attached on each side with a decorative hook. Scissor blades are steel, with steel rivet.

T086 Scissors

Silver folding scissors. Embossed foliate design on sterling silver handles. Chrome plated steel blades. Steel ring attached at side 0.8cm from catch.

T087-02 Scissors as part of Etui

Fine embroidery scissors with silver gilt handles that are engraved with matching design to other tools. Fine polished steel blades.

1840

T088 Scissors and embroidered case

Small Chinese steel-chrome plated scissors with a large protruding rivet and expandable handles.

Silk hand embroidered sheath. Hand stitched blue dogtooth edging. Fish design on one side. Man on reverse.

Early 20^th century.

T140 Scissors

Modern chrome plated steel lace scissors. Rivetted. Edna Wark label looped through handle. Rounded protrusion on tip of lower blade.

Last quarter 20^th century

T249 Scissors

Steel buttonhole scissors with brass adjustment screw.

Late 19^th Century

T328 Scissors

Chinese clipping metal scissors with embroidered red silk scissors’ case.

Mid 20^th Century

T329 Scissors

Chinese metal clipping scissors with decorative engraving.

Mid 20^th Century

T357 Scissors

Steel buttonhole scissors with brass screw.

Approx 1800

T381 Buttonhole Scissors

Polished steel buttonhole scissors with brass adjusting screw.

Early 20^th Century

Tatting Shuttles

Tatting Shuttle

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T002-10 Tatting Shuttle

Bone carved shuttle included in a Chinese workbox. Pointed ellipse, carved flower design on both surfaces. Insufficient allowance to load with thread, indicating that this was probably only for display purposes.

Mid 19^th Century

T133 Tatting Shuttle

Yellow early plastic tatting shuttle wound with cream thread. 2 brass rivets connecting the 2 pieces through a central block. Points meet at each end. 1900-1935

T134 Tatting Shuttle

Knotting shuttle. Mother of Pearl with an incised floral design on top and dot design border. Brass rivets and bone central block with centre hole. Points are separated by 4cm at each end.

1800-1870

T135 Tatting Shuttle

Mother of Pearl shuttle with brass rivets and bone central block with hole for thread.

T136 Tatting Shuttle

Imitation tortoiseshell shuttle. Centre block glued with hole for thread.

T137 Tatting Shuttle

Imitation tortoiseshell shuttle. Centre block glued with hole for thread.

T138 Tatting Shuttle Tortoiseshell shuttle with brass rivets and bone central block with hole for thread.

T139 Tatting Shuttle

Bone shuttle with metal rivets. Centre block wound with linen thread.

T145 Tatting Compendium

Tan leather tatting compendium lined with violet embossed paper. Barrel shaped with metal clasp. Double leather handle attached to ends by metal rings. 2 hinged flaps form the cover. Outside leather tooled with line decoration. Coated finish. Lower flap holds bone tatting shuttle held in place with tanned leather strip. Machine stitched upper flap similarly contains tatting hook. Attached by metal chain and ring to a bone ring which fits into pocket at end of central section which also contains bone tatting shuttle.