On View
On viewLetter Opener
Dateca. 1705
Dimensions0.1 × 4.3 × 29 cm (1/16 × 1 11/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Markings"Col. James Barrett/ House./ 1775" written in red paint.
Credit LineLetter opener, made of wood from Col. James Barrett's house, Concord, MA, ca. 1900. Concord Museum Collection, Bequest of Colonel George Lincoln Prescott; M2002.1.
Object numberM2002.1
DescriptionPiece of wood from Col. James Barrett's house shaped into a paper cutter: Circle at one end nect to a rectangle with a rectangular hole, pointed at other end.
Object number: D2087.0004