Gavel
- Object Name:
- Gavel
- Object ID:
- 1925.011.02
- Date:
- 1903
- Description:
- Gavel. Ebony and silver. Turned wooden handle with silver collar and handle end. Wooden barrel-shaped head has two silver bands and a silver plaque. Plaque reads in engraved cursive, "Hon. Charles W. Hoitt / President / New Hampshire Senate / 1903". Stamped on plaque rim in sans-serif lettering, "STERLING". Bands on barrel are decorated in bright-cut vine motif. Stamped on rims of both bands in sans-serif, "STERLING". Silver collar is decorated with rows of silver balls on top and bottom, and a swag motif. Handle top is decorated in floral and scroll motif with three rows of silver balls. Stamped on handle cap in sans-serif letters, "STERLING".
- Material:
- Wood
Ebony
Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-3.2 L-9.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Gavel presented to Hon. Charles W. Hoitt (1847-1925) of Nashua, NH, upon appointment as President of the New Hampshire State Senate in 1903.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma F. Johnson
- People:
- Hoitt, Charles W. (1847-1925)
- Subjects:
- Senators (N.H.), Gavels
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