Trunk

Object Name:

Trunk

Object ID:

1998.024.01

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1805

Description:

Trunk. Arched lid. Wood covered with black coated cloth (remnants of red decoration on cloth). Leather strips and brass tacks on most edges. Oval decoration on lid, leather and brass tacks, with the letters "M W" in center. Iron lockplate on front, applied with rosehead nails; lock latch broken. Two iron hinges on back; two iron handles on sides. Interior fully papered (geometric print -- gray-purple, green, red, on white). Paper tag on side, exterior, "_[F. or G.] Perry / Exeter N.H.". 17.5" x 41.5". Photocopy of note, handwritten by Frances Perry Dudley: "Contents of W.M. Chest/ The initials, in brass headed tacks, are those of my / grandmother Mary Walker Fisk before here marriage".

Material:

Wood
Metal
Textile
Leather
Brass

Dimensions:

H-17.5 W-41.5 inches

Provenance:

Originally owned by Mary Fisk (1786-1847), Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Henry B. Shepard, Jr., Anne S. Bullis, and G. Dudley Shepard

People:

Fisk, Mary (1786-1847)