Pincushion

Object Name:

Pincushion

Object ID:

2017.014.091

Date:

circa 1870

Description:

Emery pincushion for polishing sewing needles. Chamois leather pouch, tied with lace at the neck, with sewn seam running down one side and along the bottom. With note, shared with 2017.014.092: "Bees wax p?? from / warm bees 1870 - was / used to make thread stronger / Chamois emery bag to / make needles ?? easy / sewing." On back "I can remember / these two items in / sewing box when a / very little girl - ECS" Note is written on a tag for an "All Meat Turkey Pie" from Blake's Turkey Farm in Concord, NH.

Material:

Leather

Dimensions:

H-2.7 W-1.3 D-0.9 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, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)

Subjects:

Sewing equipment and supplies