Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 1967.032.139
- Place of Origin:
- Biddeford, ME
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Sewing box (originally a collar box). Pink paper-covered pasteboard box, half oval shape, gilt painted top and bottom edges. Removable cover. White label with gold and blue trim on front, "14 1/2 IRVING / LINEN FACE / 14 1/2". Printed in black on bottom of box, within a circle, "MANUFACTURED BY THE NE PLUS ULTRA COLLAR COMPANY. / BIDDEFORD, ME. / LICENSED BY THE / UNION PAPER COLLAR CO. OF NEW YORK, / Under the Following Patents:" Listed dates beginning April 26, 1859, with further patents and reissues through July 13, 1869. Contains clear white beads and cut-out pierced paper for sewing with the beads. Also oval spool of thread.
- Material:
- Paper
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-2.25 W-4.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of collection of Rock and Millen families of Lebanon, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
- Subjects:
- Sewing, Sewing equipment & supplies, Collars
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