Shuttle
- Object Name:
- Shuttle
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.081
- Date:
- 1820-1850
- Description:
- Loom shuttle. Curved wooden shuttle, with center section hollowed out. "J. STONE" branded on inward side. Twin grooves on bottom along edges. Hole in outboard side. With note, "Shuttle from loom in / old farm house. / E.C.S. Dunbarton".
- Material:
- Metal
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-1 W-1.8 L-11.7 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
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