Magnet, Nail, and Piece of Iron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1750
name: label: user
content: Copp Family
notes: label: Description
content: This is a magnet, nail, and piece of iron or steel that belonged to the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 19th century. The pieces may have been used for work or to illustrate the principles of magnetism in an educational lesson.
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
label: place used
content: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
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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.006846.02
label: accession number
content: 28810
label: catalog number
content: 6846.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: magnet
label: Object Name
content: nail
label: Object Name
content: piece of iron or steel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (magnet material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (magnet material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, nail: 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1/4 in; .3175 cm x 6.35 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, magnet: 1/8 in x 4 in x 1 5/8 in; .3175 cm x 10.16 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, steel piece: 3/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 1 in; .9525 cm x 17.145 cm x 2.54 cm