Box, Cigar
- Object Name:
- Box, Cigar
- Object ID:
- 1998.005.39
- Date:
- 1930-1960
- Description:
- Cigar box for carving tools. Box contains 10 carving knives (1998.5.14-.23), 2 chisels (.25-.26), 6 awls (.28-.33), and 2 tweezers (.34-.35). Wooden (mahogany) box with printed paper edging. Maker's mark painted on top, "MURIEL / P. Lorillard Co., MAKERS / EXTRA M FINA / FABRICA DE CIGARROS". "MURIEL" repeated on paper edging. Tobacco regulations cited on bottom.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 W-8.75 D-5.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Jess D. Blackstone (1909-1988), bird carver, Pembroke, NH. Jess was taught bird carving by his father, Arthur M. Blackstone, who was also a linoleum block printer. Arthur and Jess worked together in Melrose, MA, in the 1930s. Jess began a solo career of bird carving c. 1940, when he and Edith moved to New Hampshire (listed as "craftsman" in Concord Directory, 1941-42). He focused on birds of NH. Jess is reported to have been the first bird carver in the League of NH Craftsmen. He continued bird carving into the 1980s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jane Blackstone
- People:
- Blackstone, Jess (1909-1988)
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