Silk Reel (Niddy Noddy)           

This silk reel, or niddy noddy as they are more commonly referred to, belonged to Mrs. Sarah Hartwell Shattuck, the wife of Revolutionary War soldier Job Shattuck, and the second-in-command of the all-female Prudence Wright’s Guard. This niddy noddy would have likely been used by Mrs. Shattuck to create bundles of linen thread to be further processed into textiles, and then later into clothing. Combined with the flax samples from the farm on which she lived, this niddy noddy helps to create an image of what domestic life would have looked like at the onset of revolution for Mrs. Shattuck.