Bodkin
Dateca. 1680
MediumSilver
DimensionsL: 5 13/16"
Credit LineGift of Anonymous Donors
Object number1971-3413,9
DescriptionBodkinLabel TextBodkins were used in lacing garments and in other situations involving the threading of cord, tape, and ribbon. This example is of representative seventeenth-century size and form with conventional decorative engraving. The small ear spoon at the upper end may have served to gather earwax for treating thread before it was tightly spun.Inscription(s)Pounced owner's initials ( M S) on lower part of blade.Mark(s)NoneProvenanceAnonymous GiftAcquired by CWF in 1971.
19th/early 20th century
ca. 1752
ca. 1830
19th Century
1838 or later
