Spike
- Object Name:
- Spike
- Object ID:
- 1958.002
- Place of Origin:
- Hopkinton, NH
- Date:
- 1850-1900
- Description:
- Spike. Wrought iron. ~0.5" square cross section. Head roughly square and slightly larger but has irregular edge and slightly canted head on top surface. Some undulations in sides of spike from being worked. Four-sided tapered point with blunt end, ~0.2" square. Paper tag with pencil inscription: "Iron spike / from work bench of / grandfather, Gen'l / Jacob Nelson / Patterson - 1835- / 1923". On opposite side in blue ink: "1/17/58 / Gift / Guyol".
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- W-0.7 L-4.4 D-0.7 inches
- Provenance:
- From work bench of Gen. Joab Nelson Patterson (1835-1923) of Hopkinton, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Philip N. Guyol
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