Trunk
- Object Name:
- Trunk
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.158
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Trunk, wooden. Domed lid. Painted red-brown with sponge decoration (back side not painted). Inset lock. Two metal hinges. Interior lined with 1799 New Hampshire Gazette newspaper. Signed "Capt James Prescott" in ink at top of newspaper.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-10.5 W-23.8 D-12.2 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
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