Square stick, one end having a flat point which probably had brass ferrule originally, securing brads remain.
wantage rods
ROD, WANTAGE
Stick numbered on all four sides; two sides bear stamped-in marks that guage liquid measures: ""gallons, hogsheads, etc.""
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
0.563 x 0.563 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.504
1750-1800 (Possibly)
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