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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1835-1860

GUSN

GUSN-57112

Description

Plain turned shaft & vise; stay&nail body; finial; yellow ribbon

Details

Descriptive Terms

swifts
bone (material)
Bone
SWIFT

Pattern

Bone

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24.5 (H), 3.25 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3985

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