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Certificate, Third Place, Class 316, Edinburgh and Midlothian Annual Competitive Industrial Exhibition

Period:

20th Century

Date:

1924

Description:

This certificate was won by Jessie Wilson in 1924.

 

Both Jessie Wilson and her mother knitted Sanquhar gloves and socks for a living in the years after the First World War.  In the 1920s they received 2/6 (12 1/2p) for making a pair of gloves with initials or a full name worked at the wrist.  The person placing the order would supply the wool.  When orders were scarce they knitted gloves with 'Sanquhar' at the wrist for general sale.

Materials/Media:

card

Dimensions:

202mm x 304mm

Source:

Sanquhar Tolbooth Museum

Accession Number:

SQRTM:0207.17

Digital Number:

SQDO001n

Copyright:

Dumfries & Galloway Council