Box, Ticket

Object Name:

Box, Ticket

Object ID:

1973.047

Creator:

Morrill & Silsby

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1856-1861

Description:

Ticket box. Used by Concord Railroad. Made by Morrill & Silsby, Concord, NH. Long, rectangular box with round brass lock. Black leather with two rows of varnished mahogany slots for tickets. Gold decoration around all the edges and "R.N. CORNING." and "C.R.R." printed in gold on either end front of the lid. On inside of front flap, printed in gold, "MORRILL & SILSBY / MANUFACTURERS / CONCORD, N.H." Textile with leather-like finish inside of cover. Three curved sections for its bottom edge of closing flap. Simpler repeat of fanciful leaf border with two alternating leaves joining each other along bottom edge. Brass lock hasp piece on closing flap, semi-circular, 1.8" diameter. Applied to front surface and riveted through cover with three brass rivets. 1.8" diameter lock plate on front of box, with raised keyhole area, 0.6" diameter. Five rivets holding it to box. Recessed iron stud in top of keyhole. Horizontal, rectangular slot near top of plate. Ticket compartment consists of two rows of slots. Back row, four dividers missing at right edge. Tops of dividers curved downward symmetrically, front to back. Each row divided into three sections with two thicker dividers delineating sections. Left and central sections similar, front to back. Wide slot at left edge at left section, 0.86" wide. Rest of slots 0.45" wide. Dividers 0.07" thick. Slots 0.3" high. Left sections contains wide slot, then 14 of the narrower slots. Central sections contain one wider slot at left and 14 narrower slots, front and back. Fourteen slots and wider slot at far right in back section, third section at right. Front section from right contains five narrow slots and three wider lots. First wider slot on left 1.5" wide. Second, 2.5" wide. Third, 1.4" wide. Dividers between slots and sections all sit in small milled slots. Capped piece to finish off top edges of sections.

Material:

Wood
Tissue
Brass
Leather
Mahogany
Textile
Iron

Dimensions:

H-3.75 L-25.5 D-4.1 inches Weight-41.25 oz

Provenance:

Robert N. Corning (1818-1866) was a conductor on the Concord Railroad.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Corning, Robert N. (1818-1866)

Subjects:

Railroads, Tickets