Double Ended Hook with Steel Coiled Handle and Painted Sheath

 

Material: steel needle, steel handle, painted metal sheath

Manufacturer: probably John Shrimpton & Son, Study, England

Length: 3 3/4″

 

 

Ad in History and Description of Needlemaking by Michael T Morrall 1862 although painted sheaths weren’t used until about 1875.

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