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Small Antique Scottish Mauchline Box W. M. Clapperton:
$140.00
an antique wooden sewing thread box featuring an interior paper label from Wm Clapperton & Co, manufacturers of extra quality sewing cottons in Paisley, Scotland.
- Manufacturer: Wm Clapperton & Co, active in Paisley and Glasgow during the 19th century.
- Product: Extra Quality Sewing Cottons.
- Material: Finger-jointed or dovetailed solid wood construction with an affixed decorative paper advertising label inside the lid.
- The box measures 2 3/4"wide by2" deep by 1 /2" Height
- The story of Paisley, Scotland, is deeply intertwined with textiles, earning it the reputation of being "The town that thread built." At its industrial peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Paisley’s massive operations manufactured approximately 90% of the world's sewing thread.
