Toy, Washing
- Object Name:
- Toy, Washing
- Object ID:
- 1975.067.07 a
- Description:
- Bucket, toy. Wood and steel. Medium brown soft wood. 12 straight, tapered staves that constitute sides of bucket. Steel wire band wrapped around body near top. Wire 0.8" in diameter. Band 1.1" from top edge. Shadow of lost band about same distance from bottom edge. Numerous stain marks in bottom band groove in wood. One-piece bottom of bucket that sits in groove, 0.5" from bottom edge. Thin wire steel handle, 0.055" in diameter. Wire passes through sides of body, 0.5" from top edge. Ends bent over on inside. Wire handle then curves upwards, then turns toward center of bucket at a point, then handle turns upward, then turns toward center of bucket. Handle symmetrical. Top section relatively flat, 0.3" long. Some marks on bottom, probably in soft pencil: "MAYNARD / STONE] / [ACTH...H or ME / ............ / ............".
- Material:
- Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-6.1 Dia-4.1 inches Weight-3.7 oz
- 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
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