Skip to content
History of Science Museum

Roller-Blind Shutter

Inventory Number 63701


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.63701

Item type
Object
Physical material
Wood
metal
Fabric
Object type
Shutter
Dimensions
Height: 85mm Width: 80mm Depth: 26mm Weight: 122g
Inventory No
63701

Description

Roller-blind shutter. Wooden box-shaped object with an adjustable dial at the front, a mechanism at the back and a thin sheet of dark grey fabric in the middle. One side has a white disc set into the wood, with creation information. The other side has a five-digit number inscribed, possibly a serial number. A short length of string protrudes from one of the corners. There is a removable wooden square which is held in by metal prongs.