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Needlework Stencil
Small metal plate (stencil?) with the name A. M. Fisher and design. Used for marking items in needlework.
Spinning Wheel
Flax wheel - wood. Wheel approximately 29 inches in diameter.
Spinning Wheel
Spinning wheel - wood wheel approx 44 inches. in diameter
Somesville Sampler
Somesville Sampler, part of MDI Historical Society Collection. Framed crosstich sampler. Depicts planes and airport, clock on mantle with candlesticks, sailboats, grounded schooner, 1920s automobile, horse and buggy,church, cemetery. Not s…
Skein Winder
Clock skein winder. "Pop goes the weasel."
Flax Scutcher
Flax scutcher. Two pieces, wood and iron. Approx 17 inches. Scutching is the process of extracting the linen fibers from the stem of the flax.
