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Loom Shuttle

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1780-1800

GUSN

GUSN-310836

Description

Wooden loom shuttle. Made by Seth Peabody for Sally Shaklee.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shuttles (textile tools)
wood (plant material)
Shuttle
Shuttle, Weaving
Shuttle, Weaving

Inscription

"SS"
Notes on shuttle: "Ancestor of Gus Peabody Kennebunck ME made this for Sally Shaklee. Peabody was husband of LWW great aunt Eunice Burgess"

Additional Identification Number

1299.131

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11 x 2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Trust

Accession Number

2015.62.131

Places

Topsfield (Essex county, Massachusetts)

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