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Shuttle with Monogram and Putti
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A shuttle is a weaving device with pointed ends used for carrying the weft threads across the warp threads. Many aristocratic ladies practiced weaving. This shuttle was made for Lady Charlotte Seymour, countess of Fortescu.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Lady Charlotte Seymour, Countess of Fortescu (1730-1805), by commission; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1984 | Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.1030