Iron spike w/ handwritten note tied around middle.
spikes (straight fasteners)
iron (metal)
wrought
Iron
Wrought
SPIKE
Pencil on paper tag: ""Castle Tucker/ Deck Spike taken from the ""Old Virginia"" Charlestown Navy/ Yard. Keel laid fifty/ 50/ years ago. JCH""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
10.75 (H), 0.875 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.438
Massachusetts (United States)
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