Fishhook
Datec. 1880
Geography
Made -
England
Medium/TechniqueIron alloy
DimensionsOverall: 1 7/16 in. x 1/2 in. (3.66 cm x 1.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Camille E. Bryan, 1958
Object numberW-2201/N
DescriptionFish hook of drawn wire with a straight eye and a single barb at the point; kirbed hook.Published ReferencesCarol Borchert Cadou, The George Washington Collection: Fine and Decorative Arts at Mount Vernon (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2006), 205.
Commander Donald B. Leach, "George Washington: Waterman and Fisherman, 1760-1799," Yearbook: The Historical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia 28 (2001-2002): 10-11.
"Washington's Fishing Tackle," Forest and Stream (1 December 1906): 869.
F. L. Brockett, The Lodge of Washington: A History of the Alexandria Washington Lodge, No. 22, A. F. and A. M. of Alexandria, VA, 1783-1876 (Alexandria, Virginia: G. H. Ramey & Son, 1899), 156.
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