112/14/D4

Cookie Mold

A parallelogram, 7 5/8" x 12 7/8" x 2 1/2" thick. The figure on the wood has been hand carved and resembles a gingerbread man. Made in the Wolcott, Vt. area, early 20th C.

1981.30

Maple Sugar Crystal

Maple sugar crystal wrapped in a paper note that reads: "Maple Sugar crystal found in a 2 quart jar of low grade maple syrup put up in the early 1940s. When jar was emptied in 1974 this crystal was found. Elwin and Violet Davis, Gee Hill, Royalton, Vt." Note on the back of the paper reads: "brought in by John Powell, Groton, Vt. found at Gee Hill So. Royalton."

1982.33.13

Pennant

Blue felt pennant printed in white with a line drawing of a building and the inscription, "HOUSE O' MAPLE VERMONT SUGAR HOUSE ROYALTON, VERMONT". The short edge of the pennant is bound with white felt. The reverse is stamped in red with the mark, "The KEEZER MFG. Co. School of Artistic Specialties Plaistow, N.H. Made in U.S.A."

2010.11.4

Produced as a souvenir of the House o' Maple in Royalton, Vermont

Photograph

Photograph of maple sap collection with workhorses

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Photograph

Photograph of maple sap collection with a tractor

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Photograph

Photograph of F. B. Kellogg tapping a maple tree

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Sap Spiles

Sumac twig, cut to fit into hole bored in maple tree. Sumac twig is naturally hollow

L2024.3.41a-e

Sap Spout

Sap spout made from a tree branch. The bark of the branch has been roughly removed. The branch is cut in half lengthwise, leaving one end intact. That end is carved to a flattened point with a hole drilled through the center.

1953.57.1

Sap Spout

Sap spout, silver colored, heavy metal. See diagram on Worksheet.

1982.32.3

Used on the Lincoln farm in Ira, Vermont.

Sap Spout

Sap spout. Former number is FS-NE-S-10C

1982.32.13

Used on the Lincoln farm in Ira, Vermont.

Sap Spout

1982.33.4

Sap Spout

1982.33.5

Sap Spout

Long, curved metal sap spout with a wire wrapped around the narrow end.

1982.33.7

Sap Spout

1982.33.14

Sap Spout

Metal spout (or spile) used for collecting sap from trees in order to make maple syrup. The spout is made of metal that is slightly curved, almost as if a completely cylindrical piece of metal was cut in half. There is a ridged lip on one end. Metal is a dark gray color with some rust on the inside. Object was clearly used.

1976.43.255

No known VT connection.

Sap Spout

Sap spout with small curved hook on bottom, meant for holding sap collecting/gathering bucket. Made of metal; stamped "WARNER" on one side and "PAT-D" on the other. Silver, slightly rusted from usage.

1976.43.258

No known VT connection.

Sap Spout

A set of 3 spouts. Sheets of iron bent to form a trough along the length. One end (in section) has been filed to form a chisel point. The opposite end shows evidence of flattening from being hammered into a tree. This type of early sap spout was used with a bucket propped up against the tree or sitting on the ground. The chisel end of the spout made its own "hole" in the tree.

1982.14.3

Sap Spout

Spouts for maple sugaring (card)

1966.15.29f

Spoon

Carved wooden spoon with scrolled handle. Stem and handle decorated with incised, floral decoration. Left edge of bowl shows significant wear.

L2024.3.62

This is an important piece from a “picker” in South-Central New Hampshire. It has a distinctive “semi-chip carved” foliar or vining design on the handle with more traditional chip carving on the sides of the fiddlehead handle. This distinctive regional Abenaki tool was used with a small bowl for turning hardening maple sugar into granules. The evidence for this use are the distinctive wood-compression grooves on the back of the neck, just above the spoon bowl. This was where the rim of the bowl was used as a fulcrum for the spoon to “jack” the hardening sugar away from the bottom of the bowl. The left side of bowl of the spoon was also heavily worn from stirring the hardening syrup. This piece is an excellent example of “use-wear” as evidence of the purpose of an artifact.