Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.116.1
- Creator:
Instrument Make - Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Box, wooden. Small cylindrical wooden box, with removable lid. "eye Stones" written on lid in pencil. Contains eye stones wrapped in wax paper. With note: "All round wooden boxes / old. One contains "eye / stones" - used in olden times to / remove any particle of dirt, / etc from eye - to use - / "Pull ?? lid down / lace stone on lid - close / the eye- stone will move / around the eye, come / out where placed in ?? - / next to nose" - severe case. / Stone worthless after one use."
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-0.9 Dia-0.9 inches
- 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)
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