Napoleonic Prisoner-of-War Bone and Straw-work Spinning Jenny, Britain, late 18th/early 19th century, the mechanized model with eight figures and two dogs, with polychrome painted details, the upper and lower wood platforms with applied geometric straw-work designs, (imperfections), ht. 7 3/8, wd. 5 3/4, dp. 3 in. Provenance: From the collection of Wright Ludington, founder of the Santa Barbara Museum. Note: This prisoner-of-war artifact was made in the late 18th/early 19th century by a French prisoner incarcerated by the British under dismal conditions, using primitive tools.
Napoleonic Prisoner-of-War Bone and Straw-work Spinning Jenny, Britain, late 18th/early 19th century, the mechanized model with eight figures and two dogs, with polychrome painted details, the upper and lower wood platforms with applied geometric straw-work designs, (imperfections), ht. 7 3/8, wd. 5 3/4, dp. 3 in. Provenance: From the collection of Wright Ludington, founder of the Santa Barbara Museum. Note: This prisoner-of-war artifact was made in the late 18th/early 19th century by a French prisoner incarcerated by the British under dismal conditions, using primitive tools.
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