Three paper holders, Sabbathday Lake, ME

Object ID:

2018.37.1-.3

Community:

Maine, Sabbathday Lake

Description

Three paper holders consisting of an octagonal base (3/4" x 3 1/8" x 3 1/8"), a standard (7/16" x 1 7/32" x 3 9/16") cut at an angle at its top. A spring clothespin is braded to this angled end with jaws up. The standard is screwed to the base and the screw hole in the base is plugged. The bases and the standards are white pine (Pinus strobus) and the clothespins are beech (Fagus grandifolia). Springs are of steel.

Notes

These were made and sold in the Shaker store at Sabbathday Lake, ME.

Maine Sabbathday Lake

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