Wheel, Spinning
- Object Name:
- Wheel, Spinning
- Object ID:
- 2013.034
- Creator:
- Hopkins, E.; Minor, Amos (1776-1842)
- Place of Origin:
- Chesterfield, NH
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Spinning wheel (wool wheel or great wheel). Ash, birch, maple, and iron. Printed paper label on head: "A. MINOR'S / Patent Warranted Accelerating / WHEEL HEADS / [Made by] E. HOPKINS, Chesterfield, N.H.", followed by maintenance instructions. With detached spindle.
- Material:
- Wood
Ash
Birch
Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-60 W-20 L-68.5 Dia-46 inches
- Provenance:
- Wheel head patented by A. Minor and manufactured by E. Hopkins, Chesterfield, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Peter Sawyer
- Subjects:
- Spinning wheels
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