Box, Trinket
- Object Name:
- Box, Trinket
- Object ID:
- 1987.013 a-b
- Creator:
- Savage, Pam
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Wilton, NH
- Date:
- 1987
- Description:
- Box with cover, wood, round. Pointed overlap joints fastened with brass nails. Stamped on inside of bottom, "'OLD TIME / WOODENWARE' / FRYE'S MEASURE MILL / WILTON, N.H." Cover decorated with painted flowers and greenery. Wavy green band painted around side of cover and of base. Signed "PAM" on side of cover, for Pam Savage, artist.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-2.25 Dia-4.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Daniel Cragin operated the mill from the 1850s until 1909, producing dry measures and other woodenware. Dr. Edmund B. Frye and his son, Whitney, operated the mill from 1909 to 1962, when it was purchased by Harland Savage (1922-2011), who continued the production of round colonial boxes, as did his son, Harland Jr., who has owned the mill since 1981.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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