Surveyor's Chaining Pin (one of set of ten)
Dateca.1775-1825
OriginAmerica (likely)
MediumIron
DimensionsOverall: 17 × 2 3/8 × 1/4 in (43.2 × 6 × 0.65cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1991-129,1
DescriptionOne of a set of ten iron pins or stakes, the top formed in a circle terminating in a small recurve, the bottom pointed. Likely formed from round stock and pointed by hammering.ProvenanceTesseract, Hatings-on-Hudson, NY
1775-1825
ca.1820-1860
1750-1820
1770-1820
1790-1820
1725-1750
ca. 1880