Flax or Saxony Spinning Wheel; Connecticut; 18th Century
date: label: Date made
content: 18th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This is a flax (sometimes called Saxony) wheel. The wheel, table and treadle are made of oak, and the other parts are made from maple. The wheel bearings were strengthened by the use of an 1822 copper penny cut into two pieces. The wheel was used on the Stonington, Connecticut of the donors great-grandparents, Peleg Brown (1775-1860) and Elizabeth Babcock Brown, (1780-1871). The letters "AM" can be seen on the front of the stock or table.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
topic: label: Subject
content: Hand Tools
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss F. Elizabeth Wilcox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08422.00A
label: catalog number
content: T08422.000
label: accession number
content: 157471
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Spinning Wheel, Flax