Part, Spinning Wheel
- Object Name:
- Part, Spinning Wheel
- Object ID:
- 1975.067.06
- Creator:
- Pierce, Benjamin & Company; Minor, Amos (1776-1842)
- Place of Origin:
- Chesterfield, NH
- Date:
- 1875
- Description:
- Spinning wheel head. Turned wood. At top are two vertical posts holding a pulley wheel. One rounded post extending downward from middle of round base. Also two wooden screws on bottom of base. Printed paper label on base: "A. MINOR'S / Improved Patent Warranted Accelerating / Wheel Heads, / Made by Benj. Pierce & Co. Chesterfield Factory, N.H."
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-13.35 W-12.1 D-4.1 inches
- Provenance:
- A collection of objects from the Wilton, N.H. home of the donor's mother, Bertha Gage (Stone) Batchelder (1889-1977). The objects in the gift came from the home of Josephine H. Gage (1850-1919), the sister of the donor's grandmother's Eliza Jane (Gage) Stone (1859-1938).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Maynard S. Batchelder
- People:
- Gage, Josephine H. (1850-1919), Batchelder, Bertha S. (1889-1977), Batchelder, Maynard S. (1914-2007), Pierce, Benjamin (1814-1899), Minor, Amos (1776-1842)
- Subjects:
- Weaving, Spinning wheels
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