Brush
date: label: date made
content: ca 1755
name: label: user
content: Copp Family
notes: label: Description
content: This round brush was used by the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th and 19th century. The brush has coarse bristles and would have been used for cleaning.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006831
label: catalog number
content: 6831
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: brush
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: hair (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: colonial (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in; 15.875 cm x 11.1125 cm