Case, Thimble
- Object Name:
- Case, Thimble
- Object ID:
- 1946.023.12
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Thimble case containing eye stone. Brown acorn-shaped container with screw cap. Carved vegetable ivory. Case inscribed in black ink, "A Present / from Mr. / THO[MA]S / T[ ? ]NEL". Contains eye stone wrapped in white cotton that is inserted in ring of pink paperboard, with piece of paper inscribed in ink, "Eye stone in / pink cotton". Eye stone is circular piece of shell, 0.25" diam., rounded on top and flat on bottom; spiral pattern can be seen on bottom.
- Material:
- Ivory
Shell
Cotton
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-1.9 Dia-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to Clementina Burns Hopkinson of Lancaster, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary C. Hopkinson
- Subjects:
- Acorn decorations, Shells
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