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Date1800s
Terms
- Pillboxes
- Silver
- Gold
- United States
Dimensions1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
Markings"A Small Antique Silver Pill-Box suggesting the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. April 19th 1775 to Lexington + Concord, Massachusetts, with warning of approach of the British Troops from Boston. Gift ot Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett from her niece, Mary Leighton."
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Leighton, in memory of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett (1938)
Object numberPER1883
DescriptionSilver pillbox, washed inside with gold. Round in shape. Decorated in relief on cover with a man sounding a trumpet on a galloping horse. Mounted on cardstock, upon which the donor described the souvenir.