Collection Highlights
Manhattan Rifles!
Date:
1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.055.3.226
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Covered needle case with needles
Object Number:
1943.46a-v
Date:
1800-1875
Medium:
Wood, hemp, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 14.3 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on five straight needles (i, n, f, r, t): "X"
stamped: on six straight needles (j, g, m, o, p, s): "WI"
stamped: on two straight needles (e, q): "J. WARRIN"
stamped: on three S-shaped needles (h, k, u): "J NICHOLS"
Description:
Wooden tubular sailor's needle case with needle-hitched hemp cover; case filled with eighteen hand-wrought steel harness needles and harness stitching awls in various sizes; awls are double-ended and S-shaped.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Rutherford Oakes Ainslie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
