Clothespin

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Clothespin

Entry/Object ID

89-140 A-C

Description

Three rectangular shaped wooden clothes pins. Wood is light brown colored with dark brown/black grain. Each pin has three notches carved in its side near top. Pins are between 6.5 and 6.875 inches tall, .875 and 1.25 inches wide, and .625 inches deep.

Made/Created

Artist

Isaac B. Tyson

Material

Wood

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Lydia Tyson Owned by Lydia Tyson, made by Isaac b. Tyson as a wedding gift to his sister Lydia when she married Jacob M. Kolb, Nov 30, 1834.