Case, Card
- Object Name:
- Case, Card
- Object ID:
- 1994.516.01
- Description:
- Case, card, silver-alloy. Larger than most. Flat, rectangular shape, rounded corners. Little bit of a bow in front on lid on top surface that extends a bit as a lifting point. Top and bottom surfaces slightly convex. Repetitive, diamond-shaped design around edges. Top, engraved floral design of fanciful blossom, perhaps a bud, stems, and multiple-lobed leaves. Seven-knuckle hinge back edge. Cover fits down over a short edge on top of base section. Small amount of a friction fit between top and bottom. Bottom inside appears to have gold wash. Five lines of engraved script outside bottom surface. "Als Andenken an das 50 jahirge / Fubileum dem Bruder Conard Pudiger / geweiht. / Faustadt. .... 15, Mai, 1843 / Die Schutzengilde." In lid, several stamps. One stamp: "H N" in a rectangle. (?) Anchor in a rectangle. Another partial stamp. Loose taped label: "M. H. Jewell".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-2.15 W-3.24 D-0.64 inches Weight-3.4 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)
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