Basket
- Object Name:
- Basket
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.154
- Date:
- 1880-1900
- Description:
- Basket, ash splint, rectangular, one handle. Marked in pencil on bottom, "O E Smith / 390 State St / Portsmouth" and "O E Smith". Belonged to Oscar E. Smith (b. 1849), donor's grandfather.
- Material:
- Wood
Ash - Dimensions:
- H-11 W-10.7 L-18.1 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Oscar E. Smith was born in Penacook, NH, 1849. He married Julia W. Gage (b. 1849 in Boscawen, NH) in 1869. He was a partner in a Portsmouth flour business. He was donor's grandfather. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- Subjects:
- Baskets
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