Bodkin

Dateca. 1680

MediumSilver

DimensionsL: 5 13/16"

Credit LineGift of Anonymous Donors

Object number1971-3413,9

DescriptionBodkin
Label TextBodkins were used in lacing garments and in other situations involving the threading of cord, tape, and ribbon. This example is of representative seventeenth-century size and form with conventional decorative engraving. The small ear spoon at the upper end may have served to gather earwax for treating thread before it was tightly spun.
InscribedPounced owner's initials ( M S) on lower part of blade.
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceAnonymous Gift
Acquired by CWF in 1971.