COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY / SPINNING WHEEL / BELGIAN BRONZE MEDAL
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:34976391 | Modified Item: No |
| Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated | Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium |
| Composition: Bronze | Type: Medal |
| Brand: FONSON |
Obverse : woman at spinning wheel & legend "UNION COTONNIERE SOCIETE A GAND"Reverse : awarded to Vanhoo Eugene, into oak wreathDiameter : 50 mm or 2 inchesWeight : 45 gramsMetal : bronzeA "spinning wheel" is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibres. It was fundamental to the cotton textile industry prior to the Industrial Revolution. It laid the foundations for later machinery such as the spinning jenny and spinning frame, which displaced the spinning wheel during the Indus...trial Revolution.
