Box

Object Name:

Box

Object ID:

1943.007 a-b

Date:

circa 1850

Description:

Box, small oval, with cover. Very thin wood. Both box and cover have glued overlap joints with square ends; no nails. Typed paper label with family history inside cover.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-1.1 W-2.4 L-3.5 inches

Provenance:

Box belonged to Lydia Norris (1808-1873), m. Col. John Nutter of Barnstead, NH, 1836.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell

People:

Norris, Lydia, Nutter, Lydia, Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)

Subjects:

Shakers, Boxes