Cartographic curiosity. Miller (R.). Needle wheels with maps of the Home Nations, circa 1820

Cartographic curiosity. Miller (R.). Needle wheels with maps of the Home Nations, circa 1820, two silk needle wheels, each with a printed map to verso and recto, one with Scotland and Ireland, the other with Scotland and England, each retaining several contemporary pins, slight fraying to the margins, 55 mm diameter

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An educational cartographic curiosity. These uncommon survivals are thought to have been issued as an educational tool, to teach young ladies of the regency period a little geography while they carried out their needle-point.

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