Winder
- Object Name:
- Winder
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.221
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Set of ten thread winders, mother-of-pearl. One is round with eight lobes, 1.75" wide; pink yarn wound on it. Five are fish-shaped, 1.9" long. Four are rectangular. All are finely engraved with various designs, including a pair of birds. With handwritten note, "Thread winders from old children's(?) work(?) box(?)".
- Material:
- Skeletal
Mother-of-Pearl - Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- People:
- Vaughan, Dorothy M. (1904-2004)
- Subjects:
- Sewing equipment supplies, Fish
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