Screw

Object Name:

Screw

Object ID:

1976.026.04 d

Place of Origin:

Alton, NH

Date:

1887

Description:

Card with 12 screweyes, twisted steel wire. Wire has loop ~0.35" diameter, formed in wire that then twists to make shaft. Shaft ~0.5" long. Screweyes form arch on mounting board with shafts pointing down toward center. Arch starts at lower left corner, proceeds upward, then curves back down to lower right corner. Paperboard card with wires held on with fine white thread. Ends of wire slightly pointed. Text at very top: "CLOUGH'S". Arched line of text "IMPROVED SCREW EYES,". Heavy black text: "P A T. -- M A Y 2 4, 1 8 8 7". Below arch of screweyes: "Especially advantageous in / soft woods. / Require no Brad Awl, enter easier, hold / better and travel four times faster than cut threads." Single horizontal line: "Clough & Maconnell, / 132 Nassau Street, New York." Five or six scattered holes in paper, probably for mounting whole card.

Material:

Metal

Dimensions:

H-3.3 W-5.8 D-0.1 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Poch

Subjects:

Screws