Case, Daguerreotype
- Object Name:
- Case, Daguerreotype
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.125
- Creator:
- Littlefield, Parsons & Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Florence, MA
- Date:
- 1856-1860
- Description:
- Daguerreotype cases, pair. Unused rectangular gutta-percha cases for daguerreotypes. Brown cases with two brass hinges on spine, and spring-loaded catch opposite. Front and back halves are identical, only difference between the two cases is the center. Each half has a small rim around outer edge, with a raised floral pattern around oval in center. Pattern in oval on .1 is an orchid, while on .2 it is four horseshoes with fleurs-de-lis coming out of each. On the inside, the left half has a maroon velvet pad, while the right has an orange-gold frame with glass plate. Place holder paper under glass contains manufacturer's information and advertising. "Littlefield, Parsons & Co., / MANUFACTURERS OF / Daguerreotype Cases. / L., P. & Co., are the sole / Proprietors and only legal Manu- / facturers of UNION CASES, with the / Embracing Riveted Hinge. / Patented October 14, 1856, / and April 21, 1857." .1 also comes with a retailer's card for D. O. Furnald's Gallery of Art in Manchester, NH, where it was sold. "FROM / D. O. FURNALD'S / GALLERY OF ART, / 85 Merchants' Exchange. / MANCHESTER, N.H."
- Material:
- Gutta-percha
- 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:
- Daguerreotypes, Display cases
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