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1790-1850
GUSN-10649
Wooden plumb-bob of turnip shape with carved flat, round spindle showing remaining bit of string, iron point at bottom; traces of old yellow paint at incised banding at widest section (resembles a top).
plumb bobs
incising
iron (metal)
oak (wood)
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Iron
Incised
Turned
Painted
Oak
Bob, Plumb
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4 1/2 x 3 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.541
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