Pouch
- Object Name:
- Pouch
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.016
- Date:
- circa 1852
- Description:
- Pouch, leather. Open-topped leather pouch with rounded bottom. Two seams, one down side, other along base. Light brown in color. Was in wooden bowl (2017.014.015) along with Andrew J. Stone's collection of rocks and minerals (2017.014.017).
- Material:
- Leather
- Dimensions:
- H-0.8 W-2.3 L-6 inches
- Provenance:
- Probably used by Andrew J. Stone as a gold miner in Califonia in 1850s. Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Andrew J. (1828-1864)
- Subjects:
- Leather, Leather goods, Gold mining, Gold miners
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