Box, Document
- Object Name:
- Box, Document
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.157
- Creator:
- March, Nathaniel B. (1782-1862)
Leatherworker - Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1820-1840
- Description:
- Document Box. Attributed to Nathaniel B. March (1782-1862), Portsmouth, NH. Leather covered wood, rectangular. Brown leather, decorated with black leather strips attached with round-head brass tacks. Scalloped green leather band along edge of box lid. Brass swing handle, center top. Metal lock inset front, center. Interior lined with white paper with blue stipple design. Printed paper label inside lid: "Saddle, Harness and / TRUNK MAKER, / No. 5 DANIEL STREET, / PORTSMOUTH N.H / ALSO, / Military Caps, Curled Hair Mattress, &c." Attributed to Nathaniel March. Brass nameplate on bottom, engraved "Salter" in script.
- Material:
- Wood
Leather
Brass
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-4 W-10.2 D-6.5 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- Subjects:
- Leather goods, Leather goods stores, Trunks
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