Stencil
- Object Name:
- Stencil
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.059.3
- Date:
- 1820-1845
- Description:
- Stencil, leather. Horizontal rectangular. Cut-out lettering: "JAMES STONE, / DUNBARTON, / N.H." Coated with black ink or paint on front. With note: "Stencil used to mark / bags of hops grain / on farm of James Stone / Dunbarton - taken to / Boston by ox team and sold 1820-1845? / Hop receipt in box will / give last date / Ethel-".
- Material:
- Leather
- Dimensions:
- H-7.5 L-18 inches
- 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. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, James (1785-1874)
- Subjects:
- Leather, Stencils, Stencils (Tools), Hops
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