Trunk

Object Name:

Trunk

Object ID:

2005.030

Creator:

Gooden, Jeremiah

Place of Origin:

Milford, NH

Date:

circa 1820

Description:

Paint-decorated dome-top trunk, pine, made by Jeremiah Gooden (1793-1840), Milford, NH. Owned by Betsy Perkins, presumably Betsy Perkins Gooden (1797-1854), who married Jeremiah Gooden in 1818. Brown sponge paint decoration on front, top, and sides. Red paint on back. Bottom unpainted. Domed lid, 2.75" high, with wear spots. Two iron hinges. Iron latch with broken hasp. Iron lock plate, 2.3" x 3.0", with keyhole and hasp hole. Three wooden strips around inside top edge of body. Interior lined with 1820 Hillsboro Telegraph newspaper, stained. On bottom, an 1862 newspaper is pasted over the 1820 paper. Two paper labels glued to newspaper inside lid. Label on left (perhaps a bookplate) is 1.75" x 2.9", with black printed rectangle. Printed within rectangle, in black: "THE / PROPERTY / OF", with signature "Betsy Perkins" below in brown ink. Right label is 2.1" x 3.3" with hand-drawn rectangle in brown ink. Handwritten within rectangle, in brown ink: "Jeremiah Gooden, / Cabinet-Maker. / Milford." On interior of trunk body, newspaper is signed in brown ink, "Jeremiah Gooden" on left side, and "J. Gooden" on lower front extending onto bottom.

Material:

Wood
Paper

Dimensions:

H-11.75 W-23.85 D-10.3 inches

Credit Line:

Given by The Seminarians in memory of Henry Bradbury Shepard, Jr.

People:

Gooden, Jeremiah (1793-1840), Perkins, Betsy

Subjects:

Boxes, Trunks