Pin, Safety
- Object Name:
- Pin, Safety
- Object ID:
- 1989.006.03.1
- Description:
- Safety pin for blanket. One of a pair of large brass "safety" pins, said by dealer to have been used in the Amoskeag textile industry, Manchester, NH. Number "633" in raised letters on head. Straight pin, bent in such a way that it can fasten textiles together and have a protected point in a configuration to keep it from sliding very far. Heavy brass wire with spring quality to the metal, wrapped around a mandrel twice and bent to fit into stamped metal sheath. Surfaces smooth and polished. Some evidence of use due to wear at pointed end.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-0.33 W-1.1 L-3.3 inches Weight-1.35 oz
- Provenance:
- Donor purchased a set of six safety pins at Break-a-Day Country Store, Concord, NH, Dec. 17, 1988, and donated two, which were the only marked ones.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Douglas Copeley
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