Name/Title
MementoEntry/Object ID
2014.016.010Description
a collection of mementos. a well-worn pewter spoon, a plumb bob, scissors, a 1.5" round wood box containing an unidentified substance.
Tag on the spoon reads "This Spoon was used many years for mixing bread & cake By Mrs Diana Boardman 1844 to 1881"
Tag on the plumb bob reads "Plumb used by Josiah Boardman when hewing timber for buildings 1840 Islesboro ME"
The scissors/shears are not labelled, may be kitchen shears or tin snips or ?
The little wooden box, also with no ID,is covered with unreadable printed paper, contents are dark in color, dried out, and probably were oil-based (for plumbing, oiling saws, wax?)