Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 2000.009
- Date:
- 1830-1880
- Description:
- Box. Wood (pine), unfinished. Rectangular, made of 5 boards. Joined with cut nails. Stencilled on short end, black paint: "AIKEN'S / PATENT / SAW-SETS / [6] DOZ." Dark weathering or staining on exterior.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-10.375 L-17.125 D-9.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Box came with lot of Aiken business papers purchased at auction by NHHS Library, April, 2000. The box is a small shipping crate for Aiken's patented saw sets, 6 doz. Saw sets were first patented in 1830 by Herrick Aiken (1797-1866), with improved patents in 1835 and 1844. Herrick's son, Frank Aiken (d.1876), continued making the saw sets. There is reference to an 1853 lawsuit over saw set patent infringement, and an 1877 reference to an improved saw set.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- saw
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