Shuttle with Monogram and Putti

ca. 1770 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm) Citation Source image

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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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.
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