Box, Hat
- Object Name:
- Box, Hat
- Object ID:
- 1967.063.40
- Creator:
- Davis, Hannah (1784-1863)
Craftsperson - Place of Origin:
- Jaffrey, NH
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Hatbox cover. Made by Hannah Davis. Oval. Wooden box cover, covered with neutral color paper with white scrolls and green and pink sprigs. Lined with old newspaper (Boston Cultivator) with label pasted in center, "Warranted Nailed / BAND BOXES, / MANUFACTURED BY / HANNAH DAVIS, / East Jaffrey, N.H." Paper label pasted on top of cover, written in ink, "Mr. William Woodbury, / North Weare, / N.H."
- Material:
- Wood
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-1.75 W-11 L-15 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a multi-generation family collection of objects from the Daniel P. Woodbury house in Weare, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth A. Woodbury and Dorcas L. Woodbury
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