Shoehorn
- Object Name:
- Shoehorn
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.038
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Shoehorn, silver. Teardrop blade, bent up at sides and down at tip. Handle with rounded sides bulges in middle and at end. Embossed floral pattern on flats of handle. No markings.
- Material:
- Silver
- Dimensions:
- H-0.5 W-1.5 L-8.5 inches Weight-1.7 oz
- Provenance:
- Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - People:
- Stone, Alice P. (1849-1934)
- Subjects:
- Clothing and dress, Accessories, Shoe industry
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