Lot Essay
The thread cleaner consists of a clip-on spherical attachment with a slot for the thread, filled with cotton-wool which was presumably impregnated with wax.
Details
A Ward's Arm & Platform sewing machine,
with gilt decoration highlighted in ruby-red and turquoise, shuttle, hinged platform, graduated tension device and thread cleaner/waxer, numbered on the stitchplate 123184, in wood box with stencilled slide-up front
with gilt decoration highlighted in ruby-red and turquoise, shuttle, hinged platform, graduated tension device and thread cleaner/waxer, numbered on the stitchplate 123184, in wood box with stencilled slide-up front