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Whetstone in Box

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1700-1799

GUSN

GUSN-10659

Description

Small whetstone in pine box shaped to fit.

Details

Descriptive Terms

whetstones
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Carved
Painted
WHETSTONE

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.551AB

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