Crochet Hook Case with Hooks
1867-1932
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Crochet Hook Case with Hooks
1867-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood (?), Assembled case: 3 5/8 x 1 x 1 in. (9.2 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm) Lid: 1 1/4 x 1 x 1 in. (3.2 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm) Case: 2 3/8 x 1 x 1 in. (6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm) Hook 1: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Hook 2: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) Hook 3: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Gloria B. and Herbert M. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
2013.114
A bodkin or other form of case fashioned in the shape of chess piece (the castle). The crenelated top of the case screws off to reveal a center large hole and 6 smaller ones around the perimeter. Three small hooks still remain.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Gloria Katzenberg, Baltimore, by purchase, 1971; London
Inscribed: "1+ '1-" written on bottom in blue ink.
