Crayon Holder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1795
notes: label: Description
content: This is a homemade crayon holder belonging to the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut. The wooden holder could have been used for holding either typical wax crayons or chalk. Crayon holders were used during scholastic work to write on slates as well as color and draw.
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 made
content: United States: New England
topic: label: general subject association
content: Education
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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.006516
label: catalog number
content: 6516
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: holder, crayon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: colonial (overall style)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 13.0175 cm x 1.27 cm