Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 1927.015.07
- Creator:
- Thorne, Cynthia Morgan (1804-1892)
- Place of Origin:
- Pembroke, NH
- Date:
- 1836
- Description:
- Box. Small rectangular box with hinged lid, painted red with gold decoupage of birds, figures, scenes, etc. Plain bulb feet painted gold. Two brass hinges. Lid covered on inside with newspaper clippings of 1870, series of printed poems. In pencil on inside of lid, "This box made by Cynthia Thorne 1836". Paper label inside, inscribed in ink, "Cynthia Morgan (Thorne.) / (My Mother's Box.) / Pembroke, N.H. 1825. / John C. Thorne's Mother."
- Material:
- Wood
Paper
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-4 W-11.5 D-6.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by donor's mother, Cynthia (Morgan) Thorne (1804-1892), who was born in Pembroke and married Concord shoe manufacturer Calvin Thorne (1811-1884) in 1836. Given with other family household and decorative items, including a silhouettes of Cynthia, Calvin, and John C. Thorne.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John Calvin Thorne
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