Bedkey
- Object Name:
- Bedkey
- Object ID:
- 1949.013.05
- Place of Origin:
- Canterbury, NH
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Bed key. Customarily used once a year during spring to tighten bed ropes. Medium-tan, fine-grained hardwood. Body roughly square with chamfered corners. Slot in one end, ~1" wide, ~3.3" long. Top end semi-circular with a number of parallel cutter marks in the semi-circular area. Drilled handle hole near top, 1" diameter. Top end flat with sawn finish. Top edges chamfered. Handle slightly tapered with drawknife marks on its sides. Shadow mark on it where it rests inside body. Edges of slot slightly tapered and slightly curved on outside surfaces. Bottom flat with sawn surface. Printed and typed paper label adhered to side of body: "New Hampshire Historical Society / Concord, N. H. / Subject...Bed Wrench / Artist... / Source...Miss Catharine Morrill / 183 Main Street Tilton, N. H. / Gift, Loan, Rec'd...August 1, 1949". The word "Loan" is checked. Red numbers "FP142" and "142" on body at handle end.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-17.9 W-12.7 D-2.1 inches Weight-22.6 oz
- Provenance:
- Owned by Smith Sanborn Morrill (1822-1866), of Canterbury, NH, father of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Catherine D. Morrill
- People:
- Morrill, David (1771-1863), Morrill, Betsey (1790-1879), Morrill, Smith S. (1822-1866), Morrill, Catherine D. (1867-1954)
- Subjects:
- Beds
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