hook

Description:

Wrought iron hook, possibly used as a door or window lock. Tapered hook with twisted shaft and formed loop at end. No mark. Taken in with a portion of Story House, a two and a half story timber framed house in Essex, Massachusetts.

Date Made: 1700- 1799

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made; Place Used: United States: Massachusetts, Essex

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.58.0064.01Catalog Number: 58.0064.01Accession Number: 219013

Object Name: hook

Physical Description: iron (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; .635 cm x 7.3025 cm x 2.8575 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-2220-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1464362

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