Gold and silver thread manufacturing machine / model

Description

Model of a machine for making gold and silver thread, to a scale of 1/2 of an inch to 1 foot: Asia, South Asia, India, Bihar, Patna or Tirhut, 1815 - 1821

Museum reference

A.UC.832.42

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Gold and silver thread manufacturing machine / model

Production information

Bihar, India, South Asia

Date

1815 - 1821

Materials

Ebony, Wood, Metal, Thread

Associations

Commissioner: Tytler, Margaret, 1785 - 1822