Wastebasket
- Object Name:
- Wastebasket
- Object ID:
- 2001.022
- Creator:
- Craftsman Guild -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1940-1970
- Description:
- Wastebasket, metal, painted green, oval shape. Stencilled gold-colored decoration on front, in form of sign with green lettering: "The Presidential / Inn / Conway, N.H.", eagle with shield, and two stars. Turned rim. Stencilled gold lettering on bottom: "CRAFTSMAN GUILD / 623 W. OXFORD ST. PHILA. 22, PA." Four impressed round feet.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-13.25 W-10.2 D-7 inches
- Provenance:
- The Presidential Inn opened on Main Street in Conway in 1916-17. It closed c. 1970 and was torn down soon after. The contents were auctioned and the donor bought six wastebaskets. The donor's relatives owned the inn.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of O. R. Cummings
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