Silver Tatting Shuttle

Artisan: Tea Tree Miniatures (Jennifer Pauls)
Date: 2021
Dimensions: 9 x 4 mm. / ⅜ x ⅛ inches (shuttle); 12 x 9 mm. / ½ x ⅜ inches (tatted mat fragment)
Inventory number: 2021.058
Intended Room: Sewing Room
Category: Embroidery

This silver-coloured tatting shuttle, decorated with punch-work, is elegant enough for use in the Parlour. Either Elizabeth or Isabella has obviously forgotten about it and it lies on a side table, the thread left in the middle of tatting a mat or a decorative edging.