Snuffbox
- Object Name:
- Snuffbox
- Object ID:
- 1994.515.01
- Description:
- Snuffbox, oval. Painted, tin-ware box. Top and bottom surfaces slightly domed. Edges on bottom are rolled and soldered to sides. Side overlaps and soldered in one area. Top edge of side slightly bent in around edge. Top has slightly irregular rolled edge and short, irregular skirt that fits over bottom section. Inside and outside surfaces painted dark color. Looks to be asphaltum. Some chips of paint missing outside edge. Worn design in paint on top. Eight-spaced vertical lines at one end and seven-spaced lines at opposite end of top. Three lines of text in center of top. Center line "Sincere". Bottom possibly "[Fr]iend". Top line is just sketchy forms of characters. Inside small piece of brown paper with pencil writing on it: "Grandmothers / Morgan / Box in 1811".
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-0.75 W-2.1 L-3 inches Weight-1.05 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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