HEAVYMETALNUT
09-21-2012, 06:04 PM
1st off i'd like to apologize to Kirk as he had said looks like a 18th century bodkin.the searches i did all showed pointed sewing type instruments so,i kinda just shrugged it off :blush:
but someone on another forum posted this link and there it is..a bodkin just like the one i dug.
Kirk i give you the credit for the ID and sorry i didn't dig deeper into this subject.seems there were hair bodkins & sewing bodkins.
here is one like mine below
http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Small%20Finds/Bodkins/Web%20pages/18CV60%20Angelica%20Knolls%20MI%20Bodkin.htm
and some history on 18th century silver bodkins below..............................
A bodkin is a large, blunted needle with a long eye to accommodate ribbons and laces. In the 17th and 18th centuries, bodkins were important personal items for women. They were used to lace ribbons, decorative trims, corsets, and drawstrings, but sometimes women also displayed bodkins like jewelry by wearing them in their caps (Beaudry 2006; Sullivan 2004). According to Randall Holme’s 1688 Academy of Armory, bodkins were used by women to bind up their hair, and they were usually made of silver or gold, though the inferior classes had brass bodkins (Alcock and Cox 2000). Many women of high status owned inscribed silver bodkins, often pierced with a second hole to string on a decorative bauble or to accommodate threads or small cords (Beaudry 2006). Over time, bodkins seem to have lost their inscriptions and personal significance, though they continued in use as sewing tools. In the 18th and 19th centuries, bodkins could appear hung on chatelaines, or as part of matching sewing and needlework sets that might include needle cases, scissors, thimbles, stilettos, and thread winders (McConnel 1999; Sullivan 2004).
Particular styles of bodkins have not been assigned tight date ranges, but chronological information about bodkins shown on this site can be found by looking at the site summaries and context information provided for each artifact on this site.
mine is below in the photo
but someone on another forum posted this link and there it is..a bodkin just like the one i dug.
Kirk i give you the credit for the ID and sorry i didn't dig deeper into this subject.seems there were hair bodkins & sewing bodkins.
here is one like mine below
http://www.jefpat.org/diagnostic/Small%20Finds/Bodkins/Web%20pages/18CV60%20Angelica%20Knolls%20MI%20Bodkin.htm
and some history on 18th century silver bodkins below..............................
A bodkin is a large, blunted needle with a long eye to accommodate ribbons and laces. In the 17th and 18th centuries, bodkins were important personal items for women. They were used to lace ribbons, decorative trims, corsets, and drawstrings, but sometimes women also displayed bodkins like jewelry by wearing them in their caps (Beaudry 2006; Sullivan 2004). According to Randall Holme’s 1688 Academy of Armory, bodkins were used by women to bind up their hair, and they were usually made of silver or gold, though the inferior classes had brass bodkins (Alcock and Cox 2000). Many women of high status owned inscribed silver bodkins, often pierced with a second hole to string on a decorative bauble or to accommodate threads or small cords (Beaudry 2006). Over time, bodkins seem to have lost their inscriptions and personal significance, though they continued in use as sewing tools. In the 18th and 19th centuries, bodkins could appear hung on chatelaines, or as part of matching sewing and needlework sets that might include needle cases, scissors, thimbles, stilettos, and thread winders (McConnel 1999; Sullivan 2004).
Particular styles of bodkins have not been assigned tight date ranges, but chronological information about bodkins shown on this site can be found by looking at the site summaries and context information provided for each artifact on this site.
mine is below in the photo