Trunk, Document
- Object Name:
- Trunk, Document
- Object ID:
- 2010.007
- Creator:
- Sweetser, Washington (1803-1851)
Leatherworker - Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Document trunk, made by Washington Sweetser, Portsmouth, NH, c. 1830. Rectangular pine box covered with black leather. Red leather accents on corners of cover. Decorative brass tacks around edges of exterior. Hinged cover with brass handle on top. Iron lock and plate on front. Interior lined with cream and dot pattern block-printed wallpaper. Printed paper label adhered to interior of cover: "WASHINGTON SWEETSER, / [Opposite the Bell Tavern,] / CONGRESS STREET, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. / Manufacturer of / SADDLES, BRIDLES, / HARNESSES, TRUNKS, / MATTRESSES, / MOLASSES & OIL HOSE, / FIRE-BUCKETS, &c."
- Material:
- Wood
Pine
Leather
Metal
Brass
Steel
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-6 W-6.5 L-12.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Washington Sweetser (1803-1851), son of Benjamin Coolidge and Nabby Mellish Sweetser of Portsmouth, NH, was a trunk and fire bucket maker like his father. After the death of his father in 1834, Washington Sweetser expanded his business, acquiring property and advertising in local newspapers. He made trunks, saddles, harnesses, whips, fire buckets, and mattresses until his death in 1851.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Sweetser, Washington (1803-1851)
- Subjects:
- Trunks, Leather goods
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