On View
Not on viewClock Reels
Date1700s
Terms
- Clock Reels
- Maple
- Oak
- New England
Dimensions88.83 × 60.91 × 35.53 cm (35 × 24 × 14 in.)
MarkingsLabel: "Dinah Hosmer, 1784" and "Prudence Billing, 1707".
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberH2016
DescriptionMaple, oak. Six arms. This clock reel counted the usual forty strands in a knot. Twenty knots made a skein. Holds original flax.
Collections
- Timepieces and Scientific Instruments
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