Bedkey
- Object Name:
- Bedkey
- Object ID:
- 2013.500.029
- Date:
- 1800-1825
- Description:
- Bedkey, or bed wrench. Oak. Rectangular shaft with beveled edges and notched end. Two wrought reinforcement rivets. Round dowel handle. Screw eye and ring at handle end. Remnant of leather strap.
- Material:
- Oak
- Dimensions:
- W-15.7 L-14.1 D-1.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Source unknown. Placed on long-term loan at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH, in the 1950s.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Beds
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