Gavel
- Object Name:
- Gavel
- Object ID:
- 1966.545.210
- Date:
- 1894
- Description:
- Gavel, made of wood from USS Constitution. Turned head and handle of medium-brown wood. Silver nameplate that is slightly more that half the circumference at center of head, 0.5 inches wide. Four lines of text: "PRESENTED TO / GRAND CHANCELLOR H. W. HARMON / BY C. B. HOYT OCT. 17 * 1894 / WOOD FROM OLD CONSTITUTION". Nameplate has clipped corners at end.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- W-2.8 L-8.1 Dia-1.6 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Horace W. Harmon Collection. Harmon catalog entry #210: "Gavel from C. B. Hoyt from Old Ship Constitution ----ed by C. Hersey".
Presented to Horace W. Harmon (1844-1911), Grand Chancellor, Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, Knights of Pythias, by Chauncey B. Hoyt (1865-1938) of Portsmouth, NH, fellow member of the Grand Lodge. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Horace W. Harmon
- Subjects:
- Gavels, Fraternal lodges, Fraternal organizations
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