On View
Not on viewPillboxes
Artist
J. and Son Thoreau
Artist
H.S. Richardson
DateApril 28, 1895
Terms
- Pillboxes
- Gilt
- Paper
- Pasteboard
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions3.81 × 3.81 × 1.59 cm (1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 5/8 in.)
MarkingsLabel: "A piece of Shanty at Walden (missing?)/ Pencil Box - pasteboard/ Leads/ 13 Thoreau pencils/ From the Thoreau Collection/ of/ Alfred A. Hosmer/ Gift of Herbert B. Hosmer".
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Herbert B. Hosmer (1949)
Object numberTH106Q
DescriptionSquare pasteboard box and cover with light blue paper, gilt edging. " (printed logo) H.S. Richardson./ PHARMACIST./ CONCORD, MASS./ No. (hand written in ink) 18521/ (in pencil) for constipation/ (hand written in ink) One pill at/ bed. time./ (stamped) APR 28 1895." Small box contains fine leads made by John Thoreau & Sons.
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
Object number: B2026.0005.81
