Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 1986.111.01 a-b
- Creator:
- Kendall, Ephraim (1813-1893)
Manufacturer - Date:
- 1845-1865
- Description:
- Wooden box with cover. Made by Ephraim Kendall (1813-1893), Winchendon, MA; 1845-1865. Round. Nailed overlap joint. Stamped (impressed) on top of cover, "E. KENDALL. / WINCHENDON / MASS". Contains 20 envelopes and paper bags with medicinal herbs, sulfur, lead, and alum. Envelopes have names of seed dealers and other businesses in Boston, New York, Chicago, and Columbus, OH. Bottom of box lined with page from "New York Tribune", Feb. 24, 1909.
A. Box
B. Cover - Material:
- Wood
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-5 Dia-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Box of herbs (.01) and linen sheet (1986.111.02) from Washburn house, Lyme, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth Whittemore
- Subjects:
- Alum, Bags, Boxes, Envelopes, Lead, Medical equipment & supplies, Medicinal plants, Seed trade, Sulfur
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