Chest, Toy
- Object Name:
- Chest, Toy
- Object ID:
- 2006.059
- Creator:
- Tuttle, Thomas, Jr.
- Place of Origin:
- Barnstead, NH
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Toy chest, pine, painted dark green on exterior. Hinged lid with molded edge. Pencil inscription inside lid: "Made by / Thomas Tuttle / Born 1810. / Barnstead, N.H. / For Milo W. Bunker Born 1848." Another inscription above. Currier Museum catalog number painted in red inside lid: "PC P 50 (97)". Serrated edges on front corners of body. Molding applied to bottom edge of front and sides. Four bracket feet. Compartment on upper left side of interior, with hinged lid; pencil inscription on lid.
- Material:
- Wood
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-10 W-17.6 D-8 inches
- Provenance:
- Thomas Tuttle, Jr. (1810-1887) worked in the sawmill run by his father, Thomas Tuttle (1779-1876), in Barnstead, NH. Milo W. Bunker (1848-1906) was the nephew of Thomas Jr.
Deaccessioned by the Currier Museum of Art, 08/14/2006. Donated to the Currier Museum by Ida M. Pitman. - Credit Line:
- Gift of the Currier Museum of Art
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