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DESCRIPTION Ornamental Turning Lathe
MANUFACTURER Unknown, French
DATE c.1750
MATERIAL brass, wood, leather
DIMENSIONS 2160x1380x700
PROVENANCE Prior to 1872: Thomas Norris, Howick House, Preston, Lancashire; 1772-1884: Mr Robert Robinson, Preston; 1884-1907: Rev. Robert Crompton Fletcher of Tarleton Rectory, Blackburn; Prior to 1965: Mr & Mrs Parker, Tickenhill Manor, Bewdley, Worcestershire; 1965: Transfer from Parker's Tickenhill Folk Museum
LOCATION MCC
CAT. NO 1965.S.01941 | |
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Rose turning engine | © Thinktank Trust | Stored at the Museum Collections Centre - look out for public open days
A legend says that this lathe - a manual engine for turning - once belonged to the French King Louis XVI (1738-1793). It’s rumoured to have been in the king’s workshop in the Palace of Versailles.
We are not sure that this engine really comes from the Royal workshop. We don’t know who designed it, but it is certainly not an ordinary industrial tool. Its mahogany table, sophisticated working parts, and elaborate brass decoration suggest that it might indeed have had an aristocratic if not a royal past... MORE |
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