1792
GUSN-10646
Carved wood weaving shuttle, smooth and gently curved and stamped to each side of the center opening; has stamped Masonic symbols of a square and compass, all with borders.
shuttles (textile tools)
carving (processes)
incising
maple (wood)
metal
stamping (forming)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Maple
Unidentified Metal
Carved
Stamped
Incised
Shuttle
Impressed/stamped on either side of the top: I.ALLISON/ 1792 [also small Masonic symbols]
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
11 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.538
Massachusetts (United States)
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