On View
On viewWood specimen box
Artist
Henry David Thoreau
1817 - 1862
Dateca. 1849
Terms
- Boxes
- Mahogany
- Pine
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions17.78 × 41.91 × 21.91 cm (7 × 16 1/2 × 8 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Gilbert S. Tower (1962)
Object numberTh114
DescriptionWood box for geological specimens. Made in three stacking parts, each section divided into the well of the section below. The top section has a sliding lid. The top section has grooves on the side in which the cover slides. There is a cut for the thumb. The boxes are filled with specimens, collected and owned by Ellen Sewall Osgood.
