Shuttle
Object ID:
996-175-391
Catalog:
Objects
Title:
Shuttle
Type:
Description:
Metal tips on each end. Hinge opens and clasp hold spindle inside case. Spindle lifts off iron peg. One side of shuttle has pottery, ivory or bone piece. Marked, “Eaton Bayer”. Donor info - came from woolen mill owned by run by Abraham Somes II and later by his sons Isaac and Lyman Somes. Lyman was the father of the donor.
Date:
19th c
PastPerfect:
Citation
“Shuttle,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed March 15, 2025, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/11710.Item 12076