Holder, Bodkin
- Object Name:
- Holder, Bodkin
- Object ID:
- 1939.013.22
- Description:
- Bodkin holder. Dark brown oval fabric with a lighter brown or tan cross-stitching all around the edge. Metal rod protruding from top. Holder is stitched to piece of paper with typescript text, "Bodkin Holder belonging to / Sally Emery Morse wife of / Moses Morse Jr. of Loudon / N.H. She was born in 1790 / and died in 1871".
- Material:
- Textile
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-3.9 W-1.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Sally Emery Morse (1790-1872) was born in Pemborke, NH, where she married Moses Morse (1788-1880). They resided in Loudon, NH. Sally Morse was the great-grandmother of the donor, Emma (Punchard) Radley (1885-1940).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma P. Radley
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies
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