Trunk
- Object Name:
- Trunk
- Object ID:
- 1990.054.02
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1600-1700
- Description:
- Trunk said to have come from England, c. 1635. Leather-covered pine. Sheet metal latch and lock; rose-head nails. Leather hinges, broken. Red-brown leather, stamped with circles, stars, and crosses, all in diamond motif; some with gold paint. Entire trunk lined with 1787 ship document titled "An Account of the Charge of Prisoners at WAR, Receiv'd into Custody at the Port of Plymouth Between the ___ July 1787 / and the 30th ___ following; according to the Account thereof, kept by ___ at the Said Port." Black floral and geometric stencil design painted on lining. Cord on side wall (detached from lid). Hammered iron carry handle on lid top. Handwritten note with trunk: "This Trunk / was brought from / England about the year / 1635. / LeRoy W. Sanborn's Property"; note believed to have been written by Charlotte Morrison, on back of an advertisement for a book bindery, "Frank G. Beaman / NO. 89 UNION AVENUE / LACONIA, N.H", dated 1864 & 1898.
- Material:
- Leather
Wood
Pine
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-7.6 W-18 D-10.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Given in memory of May Sanborn Whitelaw and Gladys Sanborn Dillon.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Robert Edward Dillon, in memory of May Sanborn Whitelaw and Glady Sanborn Dillon
- People:
- Sanborn, Jeremiah (1739-1823)
- Subjects:
- Boxes, Trunks, Prisoners of war
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