Miniature compass embedded in a nut from Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia
name: label: associated person
content: Washington, George
notes: label: Description
content: This nut is thought to have fallen from one of Mount Vernon’s buckeye trees. It has been fitted with a tiny compass and fixed with a ring so that it may be worn as a charm. As such, it is a transitional piece from traditional to commercial souvenir production, combining a nut from Mount Vernon with a compass from nowhere in particular.
label: Description
content: Gift of Laura Wolcott Tuckerman (Mrs. Willard G. Treist), Ruth Hollingsworth Tuckerman, Margaret Cary Tuckerman, Elsie Tuckerman, and Alice Noel Tuckerman, 1961
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Virginia, Mount Vernon
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Souvenir Nation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. E. Tuckerman Biays, Mrs. Draper L. Kauffman, Mrs. Robert G. Metters, Mrs. Willard Triest, and Mrs. Robert H. Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.234919.01
label: catalog number
content: 234919.01
label: accession number
content: 234919
objectType: label: Object Name
content: compass
label: Object Name
content: compass, toy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nut (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm