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• Auction House:
  McKenzies Auctioneers
• Sale Name:
  Art, Collectables & Jewellery
• Sale Date:
  02 Apr 2012 ~ 6.30pm (Lots 1 - 210)
  03 Apr 2012 ~ 6.30pm (Lots 250 - 507)
• Lot #:
  470
• Lot Description:
  West Australian Jarrah Wool Spinning Wheel
  By George Wright Snr. Probably dates late 1970's, early 1980's Stamped with his makers monogram GWW and numbered 606. Together with a modern Welsh wool spinners chair
  Height: 103cm (wheel)
• Notes:
  The first of these wheels were made by Mr. George Wright in Perth during the first world war, used by farmers' wives to spin their fleeces for wool, to knit socks and balaclavas for the troops. When WWII stared, his son, also George Wright continued to make the wheels, for garments for the army. Each jarrah wheel is individually numbered.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 1,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Furniture

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