Mason's Sharps
date: label: Date made
content: 1940s
notes: label: Description
content: Hand sewing needle package. Dark blue and white paper packet with dark blue grey interior, cut in form of a cross with slits so as to be self fastening. Label: "War Economy Pack, MASON"S SHARPS, 3/9". Attached black paper with attached black cloth strip into which are inserted 12 steel needles.
label: Description
content: Outside Front: War/ Economy/ Pack / MASON’S / SHARPS / 3/9 / Made in England
label: Description
content: Outside Back, top flap: MASON’S / Needles
label: Description
content: Outside Back, bottom flap: Made in England / SHARPS / 3/9
label: Description
content: Inside Right flap: Pre- / War / Quality
label: Description
content: Inside Left flap: War / Economy / Pack
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Needlework Tools
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0048.028
label: accession number
content: 2002.0048
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0048.028
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Needles, package
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (packet material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (needles material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 3/16 in; 5.3975 cm x 3.01625 cm