Scoop
- Object Name:
- Scoop
- Object ID:
- 1967.032.014
- Place of Origin:
- Enfield, NH
- Date:
- 1900-1925
- Description:
- Scoop, possibly for butter. Wood, carved. One piece of light tan, fine-grained wood. Large oval bowl with a flattened front surface. Scoop thick through center. Outside of bowl tapers down to a point where handle meets bowl. Definite rib going from handle outward to sides of bowl. Handle is roughly rectangular in cross-section, curves upward to hooked knob. Handle edges are chamfered. Front surface of knob has saw marks across it. Inside of handle end flat.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-1.7 W-5.4 L-8.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of belongings of Rock-Millen families of Lebanon, NH, and said to have come from the Shaker colony at Enfield.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
- People:
- Millen, Ethel Rock (1890-1980)
- Subjects:
- Butter
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