Possible Clues:

• Textile manufacturer's bequest to his son?
• Piece handed down in the family
• Part of the family jewels?
• Display sound weaving machine, one long in the family
• Attic find
• Valued, inherited possession
• The man left, in one particular place, an old family piece
• Possession handed down through several generations of family
• Valuable object handed down
• Long-time family possession