CATALOGUE. 69 



Pewter porringer and pewter pepper-pot. 



Two pewter platters. 



Tongs used in taking coals from wood fires for lighting pipes. 



Steelyards used in 1738. 



Gold-dust scales used by merchants early in present century. 



Pitch-pipe used for "setting the tune" in church choirs and in 

 singing schools. 



Pottery dish with partition through the centre pierced with a 

 hole, made in Danvers, Mass., about 1 780, used for "Indian pud- 

 ding and baked beans." 



Silver plated snuffers and tray, Hodges family, Salem, about 1 798. 

 Loaned by Mr. John Robinson. 



Small iron shovel with long handle formerly belonging to and 

 used by Benjamin Franklin. Used for taking coals from wood fires 

 for lighting pipes. This was given the present owner by a mem- 

 ber of a family with whom Franklin lived in Boston. Loaned by 

 Mr. A. R. Stone. 



Spanish coins current in New England during the early part of 

 the present century for 20, 25, 12^ and 6| cents respectively, and 

 known locally as pistareen, Spanish quarter, nine pence (pro- 

 nounced "nimepunce") and four-pence-half-penny (pronounced 

 "fo-pun-sapeny"). Loaned by Mr. H. M. Brooks. 



Case 10. Old-time objects of adornment and personal 

 use. 



Dutch tobacco box, 1482. 



Old tobacco box. 



Snuff boxes, seven in number, ornamented with designs in color. 

 Loaned by Mr. F. H. Lee. 



Snuff boxes, the tailor ; engraved figures, Charles X. Loaned 

 by Mr. W. J. Stickney. 



Snuff boxes : " wood and copper of the ' Royal George ' sunk 

 1789, raised 1839 " an d " united we stand, divided we fall" Rev- 

 olutionary period, belonging to Rev. Eliab Stone, of North 

 Reading. Loaned by Mr. John Robinson. 



Spectacles, eye-glasses, paste shoe buckles and two pairs of 

 knee buckles, early present century. 



