Bodkin
- Object Name:
- Bodkin
- Object ID:
- 1958.102.03
- Date:
- circa 1740
- Description:
- Bodkin, sewing, for drawing tape or ribbon. Silver. Flat rod with rounded ends. Small round hole (0.09" diam.) at each end, and a 0.5" x 0.06" slot (rectangular with rounded ends) in center. Engraved decoration on both faces, including chevron and dash designs. Engraved on one face, in upper-case block letters: "M:W"; score lines visible above and below the lettering.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- W-0.2 L-2.7 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a small collection of objects related to Meshech Weare (1713-1786) or his immediate family. These items were owned by Everett F. Goodhue (1883/5-1953) of Nashua, NH, uncle of the donor, Allen Lane Goodhue (1906-1980). Everett was the great-great-great-grandson of Meshech Weare. The bodkin had been sewn to a paper, with the following handwritten note: "Silver Tape-needle which belonged to Mrs. Meshech Weare." Hence the "MW" on this piece is believed to have stood for Mehitable Wainwright Weare (1719-1781), second wife of Meshech Weare; they married in 1746.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lane Goodhue
- People:
- Weare, Meshech (1713-1786), Weare, Mehitable (1719-1787), Goodhue, Everett F. (1883-1953), Goodhue, Allen L. (1906-1980)
- Subjects:
- Sewing equipment & supplies, Silver
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