Sewing carrier bearing trademark of Sabbathday Lake, ME Shakers

Object ID:

1953.6561.1

Community:

Maine, Sabbathday Lake

Description

Oval wood sewing carrier with handle. Lined in blue satin with four pink satin bows attached to outside wall. Attached inside one blue satin "strawberry", one blue satin pincushion, one white felt needle header, one piece of wax. Handle attached with copper trunk rivets and with burrs. Steam-bent cherry band and handle. Copper tacks secure swallow tails; white pine bottom held in by wire brads.

Maine Sabbathday Lake

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