Museum Catalog

Clothespin

1962.24.2

Wooden clothespin made from a single piece of wood. The wood is split down the center, leaving 1/4 of the piece intact. The split is reenforced by a metal ring.

Clothespins

2020.22.11a-x

Cardboard box of miniature clothespins. The clothes pins are peg style, with static sides and rounded top. The top of the box has two oval cutouts, showing the pins inside, and is printed with images of two pins and the words, "MINIATURE CLOTHES PINS". The side is printed with, "FOR DOLLY'S CLOTHES".

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Clothespins

2020.22.137a-h

Eight peg-style clothespins. The pins are each partially split down the center with a round wooden bead at the top.

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Clothespins

1979.2

Package of two rows of clothespins wrapped in plastic film. The pins are made of wood with a wire spring hinge in the middle. Within the package, the two rows of pins are oriented opposite each other. The retail packaging consists of plastic film and two cardboard inserts that wrap around the handle side of one row of pins and is clamped between the pin side of the other row, causing the label to be upright on both sides. The cardboard is labeled on the side, "National KLOS-KLIPS "the kind the hold tight" / 18 SPRING CLOTHES PINS NATIONAL CLOTHES PIN CO., MONTPELIER, VT. 05602". The ends of the cardboard are printed with a line drawing of a clothespin and the words, "KLOS-KLIPS MADE IN U.S.A."

Made by the National Clothes Pin Company in Montpelier, Vermont

Clothespins

1954.40.8a-f

6 wooden clothespins. Each clothespin is carved from a single piece of wood, with flared arms.

Doll

1954.15.16

Doll made from a wooden clothes pin and a dried apple. The body of the doll is a non-springed clothespin. It is dressed in a blue dress with a sheer white apron and shawl that have been stiffened to give the doll a more humanoid shape. The head is carved from an apple that has since shrunk and turned black. It has white wool hair and a white cotton cap.

Likely made by Kate Dewey Squires of Montpelier, Vermont

Kitchen Set

2020.22.128a-o

Box containing miniature wooden laundry and kitchen tools. The box uses four dowels to become a table for the set. The miniatures include a rolling pin, an iron, a potato masher, two tubs, a portion of an ironing board, and two miniature clothespins. The lid of the box is printed with the name of the set ("POLLY PET HOUSEHOLD SET"), a list of contents, and instructions.

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Miniature Clothespin

1995.32.3a

Miniature wooden clothespin. The pin is static, without a spring. It is sized for a doll.

Likely owned by a member of the Sanguinetti family of Barre, Vermont

Miniature Clothespin

1995.32.3b

Miniature wooden clothespin. The pin is static, without a spring. It is sized for a doll.

Likely owned by a member of the Sanguinetti family of Barre, Vermont

Still Bank

2020.22.24a-g

Turned wooden still bank in the shape of a barrel. The lid of the barrel has a small slit in the center for inserting coins. The bank has been filled with 5 miniature clothespins, one of which is painted green. The side of the bank is inked with the inscription, "95 96 98 Barrel", and the side of the lid is inked with the inscription, "95-96-98 Cover".

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT