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Swift

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1825-1874

GUSN

GUSN-69886

Description

Ivory; barrel shp; clsp with screw; adj wheel with x'd slats; topcup

Details

Descriptive Terms

swifts
brass (alloy)
string (fiber product)
bone (material)
Bone
Brass
String
SWIFT

Pattern

Bone

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.1761

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