Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 1992.044
- Creator:
- Eaton, William Page (1819-1904)
- Place of Origin:
- New Boston, NH
- Date:
- 1859
- Description:
- Box, wooden, with hinged lid. Painted black. Decorated with flowers on lid, front, and ends. Gold painted scrollwork on all exterior surfaces except bottom. Scrollwork on back incorporates initials "WPE". Dated 1859 in gold paint on back. Interior painted orange. Removable tray, 13" x 5.9" x 1.25", painted orange with branded design on bottom with lettering, "MENSACERO / JHG".
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-4.75 W-13.75 D-9 inches
- Provenance:
- William Page Eaton (1819-1904) is best known as a chair decorator. He spent most of his career working for furniture shops in Boston, MA, but lived at least part of the year on a farm in New Boston, NH, after 1846. This box was found in New Boston.
- Credit Line:
- New Ha;mpshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Eaton, William Page (1819-1904)
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