Trunk
- Object Name:
- Trunk
- Object ID:
- 1988.035
- Creator:
- Whitcomb, Horace
- Place of Origin:
- Lancaster, NH
- Date:
- 1850-1890
- Description:
- Trunk, black leather, decorated with brass tacks. Corners reinforced with metal. Interior lined with wallpaper in red and green flower and leaf pattern. Lid has non-rigid top with storage compartment inside. Access to compartment in lid is provided by small leather-hinged cover on which is a printed paper label: "SADDLES, HARNESSES, / TRUNKS AND VALISES, / Made and sold by / HORACE WHITCOMB, / LANCASTER, N.H. / Also - Carriages Trimmed in good style." Cover inside lid held in place by wooden stick with leather straps.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Leather
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-10 W-18 D-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Horace Whitcomb came to Lancaster from Newbury, VT. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the 42nd Regiment.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Whitcomb, Horace
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