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Bodkin

GUSN

GUSN-100681

Description

Plain sterling silver bodkin.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bodkins (tools)
silver (metal)
BODKIN

Inscription

Hallmark of a curved "S" within a shield "STERLING" (Stamped)

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

124

Maker

Simons Brothers

Dimensions

3 3/8 in x 3/16 in (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2050

Reference Notes

For more information on the Codman estate see the entire issue of "Old Time New England" 71, no. 258 (1981).

Places

Pennsylvania (United States)
Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania)

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