Crochet hook

dated 1860

Measurements

7-1/8 in x 1/4 in (dia)

Materials

Bone and silver

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.1015

Inscription

“L.T.A. to M.C.C. / 1860” is engraved onto the mid band.

Provenance

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

Comments

The slender, cylindrical crochet hook is made of bone.  One tip is carved with a small hook to allow the user to catch a yarn loop and pull it through the stitched material.  A silver band at the center of the hook is engraved with the initials of the donor and recipient as well as the date 1860, presumably when the gift was made.  Mrs. Mary C. Warner (1848-1923) received the gift when she was still named Mary Cowgill Corbit and about 12 years old.  To date, research has not identified the donor.