Belt
- Object Name:
- Belt
- Object ID:
- 1961.009.11
- Place of Origin:
- Hill, NH
- Date:
- 1835
- Description:
- Belt. Glass beads; text lengthwise from one end to other: "Forget me not. Lydia S Currier. May virtue ever be your theme". Black, white, muted gold-brown and grey with silk ribbon ends. Black background. Symbols of three big "X" in "forget me not". Symbols and diamonds in white. Letters in white. Diamonds and four "X" in grey of two tones. Three crosses with white and grey. Three diamonds white and grey. Lydia S. Currier in white. Three diamonds in grey and white. X, two diamonds, another X grey and white. Three crosses black and white. "Virtue" text in grey. Two diamonds in grey and white, three crosses, grey and black, four diamonds in white and grey, then one X in white. Plain cloth tapes at ends. At start of tape 27 long and at other end, tape 22 cm long.
- Material:
- Glass
Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- W-0.85 L-155 D-0.2 inches Weight-31 oz
- Provenance:
- Owned by Lydia Stevens (Currier) Couch (1818-1902) of Hill, Warner and Concord, NH. She was the great grandmother of donor, Miss Leona B. Tyrrell (1891-1973).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Leona Tyrrell
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