Paperweight
- Title:
- Hitchiner, Milford, N.H.
- Object Name:
- Paperweight
- Object ID:
- 1994.022.04
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Date:
- circa 1950
- Description:
- Paperweight, Lucite. Rectangular. With 13 small embedded metal machine parts, and a maker's label. Label reads, "HITCHINER / MILFORD, N.H." in red oval.
- Material:
- Plastic
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-1 W-3 D-2.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Robert Phillips Burroughs (1900-1994), Manchester, NH, eldest son of Sherman E. and Helen (Phillips) Burroughs; graduated Dartmouth College 1921, member of Kappa Kappa Kappa Fraternity; in the insurance business. Hitchiner Manufacturing Company, Inc. (c.1951-1960), Milford, NH; one of a number of important metal industries located on the Wilton Road, Milford, NH; manufacturer of "precision investment castings," by the lost wax process.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Estate of Robert P. Burroughs
- People:
- Burroughs, Robert P. (1900-1994)
- Subjects:
- Paperweight
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