Nails (cut nails), steel, on display card; 20 different varieties, all identified; perforate card which has printed history of cut nails in America on it; nails are .8-9 cm. in length; card is 28 X 35.7 cm. Circa 1819, for “authentic restoration and antique effect: from America’s oldest nail manufacturer. See accession envelope for “The Company Store” catalogue and other printed matter from The Tremont Nail Company.
Donor:
Kate O'Brien
Collection place:
Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Production place:
Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Nails (fasteners)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits