Box

Object Name:

Box

Object ID:

2017.014.108

Creator:

Instrument Make

Date:

1860-1880

Description:

Round wooden box with removable cover, containing trinkets.
1. Round wooden box. Top and bottom are sheets of wood, sides are thin strips wrapped around the sides and tacked into place. Very small hole in center of top and bottom.
2. Bottle, glass. Contains corn elixir. Paper label affixed to side: "DR. I. ZACHARIAH'S / CORN ELIXIR. / DIRECTIONS FOR USE / Cut the Corn and rub / the Elixir over it. 6 or 8 days, and the Corn / will come out whole."
3. Four gold buttons, round with U.S. eagle crest on front. Tin back with steel mounting bracket.
4. Brass button, round with eagle crest on front. Shield over eagle's chest has Roman numeral 1. Small loop, "SCOVILL & CO / EXTRA" on back.
5. Rectangular Captain's bars pin. Brass, made to look like braided cord. Double-ended pin on back, bent toward wearer. Solder indicates post-purchase repair.
6. Clay and graphite pencil. Cylinder with conical ends.
7. Graphite lump.
8. White glass and black jet button. Round with brass loop and retaining pin on back.

Provenance:

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, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)

Subjects:

Pencils, Boxes, Buttons