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Spool Collection

Background imageSpool Collection: Tompkins yarn spooler 1875

Tompkins yarn spooler 1875
Floor standing yarn spooler, simple construction for winding skein yarn upon spools for sewing machines, intended principally for hosiery manufactures. 1875

Background imageSpool Collection: Jones Sewing Machine - By Royal Appointment

Jones Sewing Machine - By Royal Appointment
Jones Sewing Machine - by Royal Appointment to both the former Queen Alexandra and current (then ) Queen Mary. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSpool Collection: A tale of Clarks O. N. T. Spool Cotton

A tale of Clarks O. N. T. Spool Cotton
A tale of Clarks O.N.T. Spool Cotton. Mournful the tale, and sad the sight, o, shed a tear for Joness plight. His clothes were new but ah, the cotton theyd sewed them with, alas was rotten

Background imageSpool Collection: Spinning wool - Tangiers, Morocco

Spinning wool - Tangiers, Morocco Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSpool Collection: Bristol Olympus two-spool turbojet

Bristol Olympus two-spool turbojet

Background imageSpool Collection: Sporting Angler

Sporting Angler
Sporting angler and the communal fisherman. This trout fisherman fishes without a spool. He pulls the fishing line, which cannot break, and which has a severe hook. 1930s

Background imageSpool Collection: Winding thread - Patons & Baldwins

Winding thread - Patons & Baldwins
Machines for Winding thread at Patons & Baldwins Factory in Darlington; one of the UKs leading manufacturers of knitting yarn. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageSpool Collection: Factory employee checks large Spinning Machine

Factory employee checks large Spinning Machine
A lady factory worker checks an immense spinning machine at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageSpool Collection: Lesson - Medieval France

Lesson - Medieval France
PATIENCE A medieval lady teaches two young children to read the alphabet, whilst an older girl watches on holding a spool of wound thread

Background imageSpool Collection: The Spool and Steam Engine used for Sounding the Atlantic, U

The Spool and Steam Engine used for Sounding the Atlantic, U
Engraving of the cable spool and steam engine on United States Navy Steamship Arctic, whilst sounding the Atlantic. The steam engine was used for recovering the line from the great depths of

Background imageSpool Collection: DIORAMA

DIORAMA
At its simplest, the diorama consists of one or more pictures wound on a spool which is turned to give the spectators the illusion of passing through a landscape


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