Box, Sewing
- Object Name:
- Box, Sewing
- Object ID:
- 1966.064
- Date:
- circa 1906
- Description:
- Sailor's ditty box (sewing box). Rectangular wooden box with hinged lid. Tray in top containing a few small sewing articles. Cribbage board below tray. Two small brass catches hold wood piece in lid. Cut into wood on left end, "N - 1 288".
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-9 W-14 D-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Sailor's ditty box from U.S.S. New Hampshire, christened at Portsmouth, NH, 1906, and launched at Camden, NJ, June 30, 1906.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph Ritz
- Subjects:
- Boxes, Sewing equipment & supplies, Sailors, Ships
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