Collection Highlights
Bank of Newburgh Bank Notes
Date:
1823-1824
Object Number:
PR.221.3
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bodkin
Object Number:
2003.43b
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Sterling silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
Marks:
stamped: "STERLING"
Description:
Sterling silver bodkin with embossed floral motif
Gallery Label:
This is one of three sterling silver bodkins that belonged to Emma Corby Hoyt (1855-1937) of Brooklyn, who used them to make baby clothes. They were donated by her great-granddaughter. The bodkin --a blunt needle with a large eye for drawing tape or ribbon through a loop or hem -- was an assential needlework tool for sewing the heavily eyeleted, looped, and laced-together fashions dominating the nineteenth century.
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Taylor Hackney
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
