Rolling pin

1825-1900

Measurements

18 in x 2-1/2 in (dia)

Materials

Maple

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.948

Condition Notes

The wood has several deep splits along the grain.

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner.

Comments

The rolling pin is turned from a single piece of wood, forming handles at each end, one of which has a hole drilled through it to allow it to be hung by a string.

The degree to which this rolling pin has split open is unusual, inasmuch as most turners would have used seasoned wood that was less likely to split.  The size of the splitting relates to moisture loss not to the passage of time.