Trunk
- Object Name:
- Trunk
- Object ID:
- 1991.086.01
- Creator:
- Greeley & Morrill
Leatherworker - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1838-1840
- Description:
- Trunk. Leather-covered wood. Hinged cover with metal corners and leather handle. Brass tacks on all edges. Printed fabric lining, check pattern. Printed paper label inside cover: "GREELEY & MORRILL, / Manufacture and keep constantly on hand Coach, / Gig, Chaise and Buggy HARNESSES; Bridles / and Martingals; Hard Leather, Hair and Seal Skin / TRUNKS; Valises and travelling Bags; Eng- / lish, Salem Cloth and Common COLLARS. / No. 20, Stickney's Block. / Nearly opposite J. Gass's, American House. / CONCORD, N.H." Metal latch and brass lock.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Brass
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-6 W-15 D-9.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Made before 1842, when firm became "Greeley & Hill." Oliver Greeley (1818-1910) moved to Manchester around 1845, where he continued working as a harness maker.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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