Pocketbook
Museum Object Number1955.0082 |
Object Name
Pocketbook
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
Creator (Role)
Abigail Slocum (Maker)
Creator Notes
Abigail Slocum, Holder Slocum's wife, probably made this embroidered pocketbook. Holder Slocum was a lawyer in Bristol, Massachusetts. His professional activities can be traced using the Early American Newspapers Database. He married Abigail Tucker in 1770, the same year this pocketbook was made. Abigail probably made the pocketbook for her husband.
Place of Origin
Bristol, New Bedford, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label
1. Inscription; Inside front pocket; "WHEN THIS YOU / SE[E] REMEMBER ME M / HOLDER SLOCU / HIS POCKETBOOK 1770" (embroidered silk threads)
Materials
Wool; Cotton; Silk; Canvas; Cardboard; Linen
Techniques
Embroidered (Irish stitch), Woven (plain), Sewn, Canvaswork
Construction Description
Hand-embroidered
Dimensions (inches)
4.5 (H) , 9 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.43 (H) , 22.86 (W)
Measurement Notes
Overall measurement is of object folded
Object Description
Text available soon.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
[Book] Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• Toy (miniature) whiteware chamberpot with related inscription: p. 78, fig. IV.2, 19th century with printed "REMEMBER ME / WHEN THIS YOU SEE."