Stamp, Marking
- Object Name:
- Stamp, Marking
- Object ID:
- 2004.048
- Place of Origin:
- Lyme, NH
- Date:
- 1800-1900
- Description:
- Carved wooden stamp, "P", for marking sheep at Perkins farm, Lyme, NH. Circle in "P" is hollowed out to depth of 2.7". Semicircular drainage hole cut in top. Remnants of red paint on "P" and extending up sides. Tapers to cylindrical handle 1.5" diam. at end. Paper label on side, with pencil inscription: "SHEEP / MARKER / HERB PERKINS".
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-3.9 L-7.8 D-2.3 inches
- Provenance:
- The Perkins farm was established in Lyme Center in 1780 by Isaac Perkins of Middleboro, Mass., and his wife Olive. After Isaac's death, the farm was run by his son George Rhyder Perkins, then by George's son Apollos (d. 1875), then by Apollos' son Adana (b. 1846). Adna married Mary Clement (d. 1894) and then Margaret Hazen. Adna and Margaret had ten children, including George and Herbert, who ran the farm together until George's death in 1958. Herbert and his wife Myra Lund then ran the farm.
Stamp sold at auction of Christine Perkins estate in Lyme, NH. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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