Boxes

DateLate 1700s to Early 1800s

Terms

Boxes
Wood

Dimensions7.61 × 25.38 × 17.77 cm (3 × 10 × 7 in.)

MarkingsPasted on the lid is a paper on which is written: "I meant Bertha to have the yellow box because it was her great grandfather's work and her great grandma had used it and so had I for years" (written by donor's Aunt). Another paper pasted on lid: "This box was made by great grandfather Asa Bigelow".

Credit LineGift of Miss Bertha L. Childs (1941)

Object numberH2244

DescriptionWooden box for sewing materials (sewing box), painted a greenish yellow. Decorated with red and blue bands, and on the lid, a spray of three flowers. Inside lid a center section surrounded by nine small ones.