Box, Shipping
- Object Name:
- Box, Shipping
- Object ID:
- 2005.057
- Creator:
- Chelmsford Glass Company; Suncook Glass Works
- Place of Origin:
- Suncook, NH
- Date:
- 1839-1850
- Description:
- Wooden shipping box. Used for window glass made by Suncook Glass Works, Pembroke, NH, 1839-1850. Rectangular box made of side boards nailed to end boards, and two-board bottom nailed to under edge. Stenciled black lettering on one end, "PEMBROKE GLASS / 50 / FE[ET] / 9 B[Y] 12" and "2" in diamond. Remnants of polychrome floral printed wallpaper on interior and exterior. Two accession numbers on bottom: "PCR1 (62)" in red paint; "1942.1" in black ink on white.
- Material:
- Wood
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-10.25 W-7.5 L-15 inches
- Provenance:
- Donated to Currier Museum in 1942 by Mary Rand and Laurence Whittemore of Pembroke.
Suncook Glass Works specialized in making window glass. The factory operated from 1839 to 1850. - Credit Line:
- Gift of the Currier Museum of Art
- Subjects:
- Boxes, Glass industry, Packaging
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