Miniature compass embedded in a nut from Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia
- Description
- This nut is thought to have fallen from one of Mount Vernon’s buckeye trees. It has been fitted with a tiny compass and fixed with a ring so that it may be worn as a charm. As such, it is a transitional piece from traditional to commercial souvenir production, combining a nut from Mount Vernon with a compass from nowhere in particular.
- Gift of Laura Wolcott Tuckerman (Mrs. Willard G. Treist), Ruth Hollingsworth Tuckerman, Margaret Cary Tuckerman, Elsie Tuckerman, and Alice Noel Tuckerman, 1961
- associated person
- Washington, George
- associated place
- United States: Virginia, Mount Vernon
- Physical Description
- nut (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm
- ID Number
- PL.234919.01
- catalog number
- 234919.01
- accession number
- 234919
- Credit Line
- Mrs. E. Tuckerman Biays, Mrs. Draper L. Kauffman, Mrs. Robert G. Metters, Mrs. Willard Triest, and Mrs. Robert H. Williams
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, General History Collection
- Souvenir Nation
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Exhibition
- Souvenir Nation
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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