Box, Tool
- Object Name:
- Box, Tool
- Object ID:
- 1976.071.18 a
- Creator:
- Chelmsford Glass Company; Suncook Glass Works
- Date:
- 1839-1850
- Description:
- Shoemaker's tool box. Originally a shipping box for window glass. Contains tools and lasts (1976.071.18 c-u). Square wooden box divided into four compartments. Nailed construction. One compartment has a removable divider at 45-degree angle. Black stenciled lettering on one side: "CHE[LMSF]ORD / GLASS / 50 FEET / 9 BY 7".
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-7 W-11.5 L-12.6 inches
- Provenance:
- From Clement family homestead, Clement Hill Road, Deering, NH. The Chelmsford Glass Company manufactured window glass in Suncook Village in Pembroke, NH, 1839-1850.
- Credit Line:
- Given in Memory of Ruth Ethel Clement Farr
- Subjects:
- Cobblers, Shoemakers, Shoemaking, Glass industry
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