Wooden Bottle Coaster
date: label: date made
content: ca 1750
notes: label: Description
content: This bottle coaster was owned by the Copp family in Stonington, Connecticut from around 1692 until 1893. Bottle coasters were used to protect furniture from spills while a bottle or decanter was passed around the dining table.
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
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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.006522
label: catalog number
content: 6522
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coaster, bottle
label: Object Name
content: coaster, wine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 5 in; 4.7625 cm x 12.7 cm