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Potholder

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1890-1950

GUSN

GUSN-19012

Description

Red and white cotton quadrants on one side, white floral pattern on back side, red and blue plaid border.

Details

Descriptive Terms

potholders
cookware
cotton (textile)
hand sewing
Cotton
Machine Sewn
POTHOLDER

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Possibly Tucker, Jane Armstrong, 1866-1964 (Maker)

Location of Origin

Wiscasset, ME, USA

Dimensions

7 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1129

Places

Maine (United States)

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