Box, Patch
- Object Name:
- Box, Patch
- Object ID:
- 2002.023.10.1
- Date:
- 1750-1800
- Description:
- Patch box, owned by Susannah Burbeen Walker (1746-1828), wife of Judge Timothy Walker of Concord, NH. Black japanned round metal box containing gold beads (.2). Removable cover with painted fruit decoration. Box also contains piece of paper inscribed in pencil, "Beads from necklace of wife of Judge T. Walker. They used to divide possessions after death of a relative - even dividing necklaces!"
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-0.5 Dia-1.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
Owned by Susannah Burbeen Walker (1746-1828), wife of Judge Timothy Walker (1737-1822) of Concord, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Shepard, Jr., in memory of Mr. Shepard's mother and maternal grandmother
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