Wax, Craft

Object Name:

Wax, Craft

Object ID:

2017.014.092

Date:

circa 1870

Description:

Beeswax. Well-used piece of beeswax, for sewing. Generally rectangular in shape with irregular sides. One broad side is dark brown, the rest is a lighter tan. With note, shared with 2017.014.091: "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:

Wax

Dimensions:

H-0.9 W-1.2 L-2.1 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, Bees