Rod, Wantage
- Object Name:
- Rod, Wantage
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.24.1
- Creator:
- Bowles, Thomas S. (1785-1851)
Instrument Make - Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- circa 1815
- Description:
- Wantage Rod. Square wooden rod with brass lip set into one side 2.8" from end. Hole, presumably for lanyard, drilled through 0.5" from same end, perpendicular to brass lip. Stamped "Made by Thomas S. Bowles . Portsmouth . NH ." on one side at right end.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-1.1 W-0.6 L-15.6 D-0.6 inches
- Provenance:
- From the James Cowan Sawyer Collection of household items, farm tools and equipment, and other items used in the Durham, NH, area.
- Credit Line:
- James Cowan Sawyer Collection, Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer
- People:
- Bowles, Thomas S. (1785-1851), Sawyer, James Cowan (1872-1944), Sawyer, George F. (1902-1992), Sawyer, Charles H. (1906-2005)
- Subjects:
- Rulers, Measurement, Measuring
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